You know we're in trouble when there are crazy courses being taught such as Lady Gaga and the Sociology of Fame at the University of South Carolina. What the course is about-- Students who take the course will focus on relevant elements of the societal context of Lady Gaga’s rise to fame, with students better able to engage in scholarly thinking about relevant aspects of popular culture, music, and fame.
Lake Worth High School has approximately 1,975 students, many of whom were born in other countries and that's one of the main reasons the school was on the intervene list just a few years ago. Staff worked very hard even giving tutoring lessons while working on Saturdays to help raise the scores of their students. They did. Parents need to take an active role in their children's education. Many do not.
Scotty Starnes asks this question on his blog:
NCLB shows that 82% of public schools are failing and does this look bad on the liberal-run educational system and their union bosses?
No child left behind was brought in under Bush. So this is a conservative run educational system.
ReplyDeleteThe bill received overwhelming bipartisan support in Congress. So, now that we have a the Democrat for president who has been in office since 2008 and things don't seem to be improving, whose fault?
ReplyDeleteDid you see last week when 10 states were exempt from it because of the President? Since day one he has been trying to get us away from it as everyone knows it was a complete failure.
ReplyDeleteObama is trying to correct a failed program. The idea originally had a lot of merit. Our kids are too stupid?? :)
ReplyDeleteThe Lady Gaga class is a very sensible way to get students interested in thinking about issues of media and society.
ReplyDeleteSensible? Gosh, Steve. All this is just a way to get an easy college credit on the way to a degree in order to produce more "wizards" in society. Sort of like "occupiers." What a waste of time. Sure hope that their parents aren't footing that college course as more than likely they will end up supporting their newly degreed kids well into their 30's. :)
ReplyDeleteAn understanding of media, society and celebrity is a good thing to have. And there's no reason to think it's "an easy college credit." These are topics that have enormous impact all over the world, impacting economics, politics, and personal behavior, and are worthy of serious study.
ReplyDeleteDoes this sound easy, glib or stupid to you: http://www.cas.sc.edu/socy/faculty/deflem/gaga.html