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July 17th, 2006 at 1:12 am
In this blog post from Elect Romney in 2008 from November of last year, it details Governor Romney’s committment to education.
A quote from the piece:
“We cannot continue to have an excellence gap with the rest of the world and intend to remain the economic superpower and military superpower of the planet. That’s just not going to happen,” Romney said. “We’re in a position where unless we take action, we’ll end up being the France of the 21st century: a lot of talk, but not a lot of strength behind it in terms of economic capability.”
It’s great to see Governor Romney so dedicated to the education of our children, because as the cliche says, “Our children are our future”, and if we’re not willing to invest in them, who’ll take care of us in the end?
I agree that dedication to education is so, so, important and that many changes need to be made; however, I am a bit disturbed by the way education, economics, and militantism are conflated in Romney’s quote. What is the purpose of education? Is it not larger than to “produce” workers who can make the country lots of money? Isn’t about ideas, imagination, and encouraging and providing a space for deep, meaningful learning to grow and develop? Why must we talk about education like it is a type of military training?
Comment by Ally • @ June 7, 2007 @ 4:32 pm