personal comment on Amanda’s blog

I really got some great insight from reading Amanda’s blog on the Labree reading. I too took a look at the section on democratic equality in schools. It is something that I feel should be of great importance to the institution of education in order for society to truly become socially equal. However like Amanda I know that this is not always a possibility due to a whole host of outside factors; funding, motivation, and socioeconomic statues. From reading this blog I can see the contradiction in equal schooling versus individual’s goals. Not everyone wants to be academically equal to one another and as a school system we should facilitate that want. This idea is explained was made clear to me through social efficiency, but I did not know the proper way to explain all of these idea down at one time. This idea that not all children want or will develop at an equal academic rate is a struggle to me coming from and academic family and having my core peer group all working towards a college degree. As an educator I need to keep these ideas in mind and work towards the most affective education for each of my students. Amanda’s blog really aided me in shaping my own idea about these two concepts and how they counteract with one another. When a school can facilitate learning that is equal to all students’ regardless of political biases and standardized tests then I believe education will be equal.