If you can’t say something nice, say nothing at all

Sunday at the Movies has been moved to Monday at the Movies because of the following important announcement.

The discussion in the comments section of our blog has got totally out of hand. We at SQE hoped that our comments section would be a place where people with an interest in education - educators, parents, taxpayers, trustees, administrators, book publishers, education professors, union officials, etc. – could come together and exchange views and information. Like the five blind men who touch an elephant to find out what it is like and then come to completely different conclusions on the basis of the body part they happened to connect with, we are all doomed to have incomplete information about the education beast – unless we can find a way to pool our points of view and knowledge of the system.

Genuine information exchanges are couched in language such as “I read what you wrote and I can see that it is valid in certain circumstances, but have you considered…..?” or “Wow, I never realized that a teacher might view this situation in such a way – thanks for this great insight – but here is how it looks from the point of view of a taxpayer…” or “Could you please elaborate on your statement about the usefulness of testing, especially with regard to how to evaluate the curriculum?” or “Would the following study (link provided) cause you to modify your views?” or “That’s an interesting argument, but how can you square it with the fact that…”

Starting immediately, any commenter who violates this protocol will be banned indefinitely. I’m going to be away all day today and so I won’t be able to act until tonight, but after that…..

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