Category Archives: Philosophy of Education

Doing Drugs in High School

Greetings fellow students! Louis Rose here, Class of ’71. Sorry I’m forty years late. Maybe they’ll write me a pass. I want to tell you about the drugs I used at Sleepy Hollow. I never planned to use drugs, it … Continue reading

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The Present Education Controversy

Originally published in the Jacksonville Observer Education is not the business of government. This is why we have a school board separate from the county government. It is the duty of the school board to decide how the school system … Continue reading

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The Milk Party is Milking It

Originally published in the Jacksonville Observer The Milk Party (aka The Children’s Movement of Florida) says that “the well-being and education of our children in Florida must be the highest priority of government, business, non-profit institutions and families.” The Milk … Continue reading

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Address to the Duval County School Board

Good evening. My name is Louis William Rose. Thank you for agreeing to hear me. After a year of teaching high school as a non-education major, I have come to tell you why I will not be back. If the … Continue reading

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A Philosophy of Elementary Education

The education and the shepherding of a child through infancy and adolescence until he or she emerges from the protection of the family are wholly the right and responsibility of that child’s parents. In this way and only in this … Continue reading

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Poem: A Question for the Candidate

What used to bear the name of university, Is now no more than an employee factory, Where students do not ponder truth and mystery, But train instead to serve the world economy, And lick the boots of those who climb … Continue reading

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