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Taming the FCAT
If you are willing to consider the legacy of the Bush brothers as a single consolidated entity, then there is a bright side: Nobody ever died taking the FCAT, at least that we know of. All the same, it is a tragedy of hubristic intentions spun out of control, leaving behind a landscape of recrimination, failure, and the dashing of aspirations. Jeb, being only the governor of a state, couldn't start a war, so his reach was limited.
It does make you ponder that wonderful "What if" parlor game anew: "What if Jeb had not lost his first race for Governor to Lawton Chiles, thereby becoming the Bush spawn first in line to be anointed President, instead of the dumb one?"
My answer? It probably wouldn't have made that much of a difference.
CHAN LOWE
Comments
Being a former teacher, I wouldn't be willing to bet on the fact that no one ever died of the FCAT. I've seen firsthand the trauma it causes, even to kids normally immune to test anxiety. And that's in middle school. It's a tool to reinforce stigmas of students in underserved populations and to benefit private religious schools. You can't fulfill a mandate without the promised funding.
Posted by: Lois_Lane | April 21, 2008 3:20 PM
Chan, I'm your greatest fan, but can someone please explain the co-relation between the FCAT and the War? I'm not being facetious, but seriously, I don't get it.
Posted by: lostintranslation | April 22, 2008 12:01 PM
lost,
Jeb bush is the brother of President Bush. Chan believes that if jeb had won the first time he ran for governer that it would jeb in the white house not W. So he compared both brothers legacy as politicians, FCAT is Jebs baby.
Posted by: Mario | April 22, 2008 3:30 PM