While criticizing "testing over teaching" in the No Child Left Behind act, John Edwards said, "You Don't Make a Hog Fatter by Weighing it." Hilary Clinton says that the act is simply not working and Barack Obama claims that the NCLB needs a serious overhaul.
Oh yea? So what do they propose should be done to correct the problem? Clinton and Obama are both potential future presidents and they aren't addressing the problem; they are simply criticizing it.
There are countless problems to criticize within American democracy. The easy part is to bad-mouth the situation rather than sort out a solution. I need a proactive president: show, don't tell. Lets debate!
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/23/us/politics/23child.html
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I couldn't agree with you more! When I hear the presidential candidates talk about their feelings concerning NCLB, I get very frustrated. I can't see any reason to bring the issue up in the first place if you can't then state a solution. It is quite unfair to the American public to say you are going to fix something as complex as the shortcomings of our school system without saying HOW you are going to do it. It's a joke almost honestly. Anyone can say they can make change or fix something! It takes a special individual to help something like NCLB and the public schools in our country.
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