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September 01, 2005
This Guy is Our Governor?
It is almost amazing to read this, but here it goes. During the 2002 campaign, when it was announced that Georgia's SAT's were last in the nation, Sonny Perdue proposed the following: He said he'd set up a system in which every student taking the SAT would be supported by a five-person team: a fellow student, a parent, a teacher, a business representative and a state legislator.
Last year, 59,842 Georgia students took the SATs. There are 236 legislators. That is a ratio of 1 legislator to every 253 students taking the SAT. How can anyone expect Perdue to come up with a plan to improve education when he clearly did not know what he was talking about when he was running for office -- and he said this in a debate where he was prepped!
Is it any wonder that his solution to Georgia's education problems have been to a) cut education, b) make a website about the SAT and c) give out a trophy to a school that sees the best SAT average score increase? He had no idea what he was talking about during the 2002 campaign and he clearly has no idea how to fix the problem now that it's actually his problem.
Bonus Quote: "We're dead last in the nation in SAT scores. If that doesn't convince you we need to try something new, nothing will." -- Perdue television ad that began airing Oct 22, 2002.
Bonus Quote 2: Dan McLagan: "Sonny voted against the Barnes plan to make Georgia 50th out of 50 in SAT scores. He'd do it again."
Bonus Quote 3: "The SAT is a fairly tricky test" -- Perdue to the Augusta Chronicle Sept 18, 2002.
Posted by Chris at September 1, 2005 04:13 AM
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