I would get rid of the Department of Education. I would get rid of the state departments of education and let the local people control the schools.
Paul OrfaleaSoon we will be addicted to the federal government, and we will not want to support our local police force. I have been a believer that the government that governs best is the government that governs least.
Paul OrfaleaIf I reformed school, I would do two things: We can improve a child's IQ by three percent by teaching them a foreign language by seven-years-old. We shouldn't be waiting until high school when they are neurologically not ready to learn it. Second, we emphasize reading too young.
Paul OrfaleaIf youโre going to enjoy the picnic that life really is, youโd better learn to like yourself not despite your flaws and so-called deficits, but because of them.
Paul OrfaleaKids that are allegedly better students are in an elitist class in first and second grade and then they go to their high schools, they go to their universities and the normal dumb shits like me are down at the bottom. These people go to elitist schools and they replicate their elitist thoughts in the corporations.
Paul Orfalea