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Litmus is a dye that turns
red or blue (how fitting)
under acid or alkaline conditions.
A litmus test tells you whether a solution
is an acid or a base.
That's a good thing.

Tests are good things.
You can test many things in life.

Wouldn't it be nice if we could test
a person's character and, hence,
their fitness to serve the public
in a particular capacity ?

Well, there are such tests.
And, in education, there is a test
that will tell you whether
an individual
has the integrity and minimal intelligence
to serve the people
as an education leader.

That litmus test is the DYSLEXIA HOAX.
Very, very few educators pass
the DYSLEXIA HOAX litmus test.

It's a lot like the story
of the emperor with no clothes.
In that story, the people were afraid to say
that the emperor was naked,
so they all praised his "lavish wardrobe",
and they eventually convinced each other
and themselves that the emperor
was fabulously dressed in royal garb.
It simply wasn't questioned any more.

But, there was a boy who would not buy it.
He knew what clothes were,
and he knew what naked was,
and he knew that the emperor was naked.

The boy had character and integrity,
and the multitude did not.
The boy would not live a lie
and pretend that the emperor was clothed.
He did not have to be a genius or an expert
to see that the emperor had no clothes.
He just had to be honest
and he just had to believe his own eyes.
He had character and integrity,
and the multitude did not.

a test to establish true character.
I am not a boy,
but I am child-like in my honesty.
And, like the boy in the parable,
I can see clearly
what the multitude refuses to see.

It does not require genius to see this.
It requires courage, and character.
and honesty.

Like lemmings, the fearful subjects
went along with the crowd
and praised the naked king's "wardrobe".
And so it is with the DYSLEXIA HOAX,
and LEARNING DISABILITY hoaxes in general.


Scully Proposes
To Governor Schwarzenegger !
Dear Governor,
Oh Mighty One !
Oh Great One !
Oh Mr. Master Of The Universe !
Humbly Do I Crawl, Creep, and Grovel Unto Thee !
Before Thee I Plead On Bended Knee !
I Am Worthy !  I Am Worthy !

Now, Governor, Oh Great One,
if you're truly interested in reform
(and I'm beginning to believe you're not,
but just in declaring victory and withdrawing
with another career feather in your cap),
you will need someone
who is not part of the corrupt,
evil, dishonest, cowardly game
that's being played now
(You know, one of those creative,
out-of-the-box thinkers you were
promising when you got elected).
And, the DYSLEXIA HOAX is a clear
and simple test of it.

Anyone who has NOT been railing
against the DYSLEXIA HOAX
is NOT qualified
to lead education reform.
Such a person is too dishonest
or not discerning enough
to lead education reform.

Where you find someone who DOES
rail agains the DYSLEXIA HOAX -
there you have the leader you need,
with the courage and character
and integrity needed,
and with the common sense
and clear honest thinking needed,
to be your education reform leader.

Here I am.

Clearly, I cannot work
for your B-Team,
your sharp-elbowed brats,
the team that has made your administration,
so far, a fizzled out disappointment.

They do not want you to hire me.
And, if you did hire me,
they would try to control me like a puppet.

The solution is to keep me
out of their chain of command,
putting me directly under you.
My task will be to assemble and direct
a world-class education-reform Think Tank.

This Education-Reform Think Tank,
This Diamond That I Offer You,
will be independent of the office
of The Secretary For Education,
working in synergy with it.

I Can Do It.
You Can Help.

What've You Got To Lose ?

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