The choice? Closer to the heart.
“If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice”
I remember listening to these lyrics for the first time when I was in middle school. It was some time after that that I remember “hearing” the same lyrics.
For those of you that can place the lyrics with the song you know what I’m talking about. If this is the first time you have ever seen these lyrics you need to know that the words come from a the song “Freewill” and were written and performed by the band Rush. Here check it out.
Great song, I know. But what about that simple line? What was Rush saying and why should educators care? Because our system of education is under assault and I still find way too many educators that absolutely know what’s going on but “choose” to remain silent or focussed on the wrong things.
Think about it. Right here in Wisconsin our governor declared war on the idea of free inquiry and the search for truth. He then went and also put forth a budget that cuts $300 million from the UW system. When called on his blatant attack on the academic mission of higher education—specifically the Wisconsin Idea—his response was a simple dismissal and officially called it a “drafting error.”
According to Jonas Persson and Mary Botarri of the Center for Media and Democracy’s The choice? Closer to the heart. | BustED Pencils: