Azar Nafisi Quotes

American Students, We Are Told, Are Falling Behind In Reading And Math; On Test After Test, They Score Below Most European Students (at The Level Of Lithuania), And The Solution, Rather Than Seeking To Engage Their Curiosity, Has Been Testing And More Testing - A Dry And Brittle Method That Produces Lackluster Results. And So Resources Are Pulled From The "soft" Fields That Are Not Being Tested. Music Teachers Are Being Fired Or Not Replaced; Art Classes Are Quietly Dropped From The Curriculum; History Is Simplified And Moralized, With Little Expectation That Any Facts Will Be Learned Or Retained; And Instead Of Reading Short Stories, Poems And Novels, Students Are Invited To Read Train Schedules And EPA Reports Whose Jargon Could Put Even The Most Committed Environmentalist To Sleep.

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