Reply #148: testing is a poor way [View All]

[gate of the sun]

to deduct the value of an education. It cheapens the educational process. It's not about passing tests. Learning how to think, to evaluate, to decide for yourself and to apply are the modes of education, I would endorse. Testing encourages memorization without personal applicable content for the most part(in the US education system). Also on another note the history is filled with lies and manipulation to sway the student with patriotism. My son who was home-schooled until age 9 said to me about learning about Buffalo Bill......He said "He was a really bad man. He killed all those Buffalo's". I don't think they teach that in school.