I just read an article, “He’s Makin’ a List and Checkin’ it Twice,” on G-Town talks and I was really confused and irrate at first. 

http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/2006/09/25/hes-makin-a-list-and-checkin-it-twice/ 

Nevertheless, as I continued reading to the end of the article, I discovered the humor/sarcasm in the post.  At first making a list for children that need improvement in school was suggested to encourage motivation and improvement within the classroom.  In addition, Moritz offers the idea that parents in need of improvement could be placed on a list to serve as a motivational tool.  She even mentions in the end that there could be a President’s list for improvement.  What an idea, Huh? 

As I read this post, I quickly thought of the high focus on standardized testing in schools.  Often times, it seems that educators become so irritated with the emphasis that is placed on testing.  It seems that fun has been taken out of school and students are required to rush through educational content and then are expected to practice “drill” techniques to prepare for the end of the year testing.  Therefore, I am sure that an educator would probably express the same sort of sarcasm, as portrayed in this post, toward the emphasis that is placed on testing in the school systems; in addition to the rush in teaching educational content to young children to improve their scores on the end of the year tests.  So would all of our children in our classrooms be placed on the list?