Public Schools

 Date: Mon, 21 Nov 1994 14:26:00 EST
 From: "Gerald M. Phillips, Ph.D." 
 To: Multiple recipients of list QC-L
 In-Reply-To:  PEL AT BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU -- Mon, 21 Nov 1994 13:31:57 EST
 
 I urge those of you who have been badmouthing the public schools to reconsider
 some of the things you have said. In your urgency to find some institution
 to blame, you display incredible snobbery and contempt at the same time.
 
 For the most part, the public schools are doing their jobs. The communities
 that oppose them, to wit, liberal do-gooders, black activists, and Christian
 pressure groups, make a difficult situation impossible.  I know you folks
 fear and hate credentials and experience, but I started working Title III
 and MDTA in 1965 and have been at it continuously, even into retirement.
 
 I am quite familiar with the situation of the urban school, and am prepared
 to debate on the proposition
 
 Resolved that community intractability and opposition has defeated the
 purpose of the public schools.
 
 In short, I think, and so do the teachers, that it is YOUR fault.
 
 Now, please tell me what you think a public school should do for children.
 Please confine it to school, okay, if you can.
 
 gmp
 

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