NCLB analogy--I read this on Irascible Professor

[tblue37]

No Child Left Behind: The football version

1. All teams must make the state playoffs, and all will win the championship by the year 2014. If a team does not win the championship, they will be on probation until they are the champions, and coaches will be held accountable.

2. All kids will be expected to have the same football skills at the same time and in the same conditions. No exceptions will be made for interest in football, a desire to perform athletically, or genetic abilities or disabilities. ALL KIDS WILL PLAY FOOTBALL AT A PROFICIENT LEVEL.

3. Talented players will be asked to work out on their own without instruction. This is because the coaches will be using all their instructional time with the athletes who aren’t interested in football, have limited athletic ability or whose parents don't like football.

4. Games will be played year round, but statistics will only be kept in the 4th., 8th and 11th games.

5. This will create a New Age of sports where every school is expected to have the same level of talent and all teams will reach the same minimal goals. If no child get ahead, then no child will be left behind.

[annabanana]

1. Maybe people who lo-o-o-ove sports, but don't give a rats

shiny red hindquarters about education will understand it when it's discribed this way.

(Here's hoping!)

[havocmom]

2. Excellant analogy and method to get it through some thick skulls

:thumbsup: and keep this kicked. Good fuel here for some really helpful water cooler discussions.

[tblue37]

3. Is it tacky to kick it myself? n/t

[havocmom]

6. not at all

:kick:

[tblue37]

4. I want to keep this kicked until Proud2BLib gets to read it. n/t

[tblue37]

5. Shameless self-kick.

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. I love this

It is so very true.