R OR P PATH?

ASKED TO EXPLAIN THE "R PATH" FOR THE GENERAL LISTENER IN A RADIO INTERVIEW, A GRAMMAR SCHOOL PRINCIPAL REPLIED, THE "R PATH IS THAT P PASS 4 TIMES A YEAR." OF COURSE! I SHOULD HAVE UNDERSTAND THAT LINGO! OR DID I HEAR THAT THE R PASS IS THE P PATH 4 TIMES A YEAR? IN CONTEXT OF COURSE, AND DECIPHERED, THIS EDUCATIONAL JARGON WOULD STILL BE MEANINGLESS. THE R AND P PASSES OR PATHS (I COULD NOT DETERMINE WHICH, NOR DID I CARE) WERE WORKING SUCCESSFULLY ACCORDING TO THIS ADMINISTRATOR. THE SELF-CONGRATULATING NONSENSE MADE ME THINK OF THE ‘O PATH’ WHICH LEADS TO THE ‘I PATH’ ALL YEAR ROUND IN OUR NATION'S SCHOOLS.

THE PATH OF OPPRESSION, THE ‘O PATH’, IS FOLLOWED FAITHFULLY, NO STRAYING ONTO THE UNAPPROVED GRASS WHERE PERSONAL HARD WORK AND RESPONSIBILITY LIE (OR IS IT LAY?). NO MATTER. THE LIE REMAINS; THE LIE THAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE AND READING. INSTEAD THEY JUST PROMOTE AND PERPETUATE IGNORANCE, THE ‘I PATH’ BECAUSE WHICH DELIBERATELY AND SYSTEMATICALLY ENCOURAGES IGNORANCE. THE ‘I PASS’ IS PAVED WITH POLITICAL CORRECTNESS AND COMPROMISE AND IGNORES THE FACT THAT SUCCESS IN LIFE CORRELATES WITH HARD WORK AND THE ABILITY TO THINK AND READ, NOT WITH KOW-TOWS TO FALSE SELF-ESTEEM. REMOVING THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADVANCEMENT - READING WELL AND THINKING LOGICALLY - EQUALS OPPRESSION. PUBLIC SCHOOLS OPPRESS OUR CHILDREN. THEIR AGENDA AND THE RE-ENFORCEMENT OF THIS AGENDA BY OUR SOCIETY'S CULTURE OF BUSYNESS AND SHALLOWNESS, LEAVE NO TIME FOR READING AND THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE. THE ‘I PATH’, THE PATH OF IGNORANCE, WALKED DAY IN AND DAY OUT LEADS TO NOWHERE.