During Wilson's tenure as gov, we teachers went through this really horrible bickering between Wilson and the guy who was the State super of schools. It got really ugly, and the whole school system was held hostage to a couple of whiny idiots. During that time, the CLAS test, this open-ended, touchy-feely exam, was sprung on us. Some of the literature selections were offensive to some, so parents raised a stink and demanded the right to opt their kids out of the test. OK by me, because the test was a loser anyway. When it died a timely death, schools had to scramble to find some kind of measuring device by which to measure students' progress. We found one, and it was quite good, and we used it until the various "reforms" brought by Sacto, & DC gave us their measuring tests, which, of course, are stupid and do nothing.
Wilson is, and was, a petty jerk. His try at the Prez. was pathetic at best, and I remember feelign the same way you did. And now we have Ahnold. Don't get me started....
His try at the Prez. was pathetic at best, and I remember feelign the same way you did. And now we have Ahnold. Don't get me started.... I think I already got you started! :-)
And then Wilson lost his voice and couldn't campaign. Talk about karma...
-PJ