So it is with our schools. In this light, it is interesting to note how education has become a political and social phenomenon in California and elsewhere. The problem is that we aren't going to learn much from experts and elected officials about how to improve schools. Too many of them are hired guns of special interests, some of which are education's special interests, so what they say is of little value. In politics and society, as with all living, breathing organic entities, we occasionally observe the development of certain mechanisms that evolve to a point and then stop dead in their tracks, perhaps to move ahead at a later date.
Film making is one such endeavor, and so is education.
I know this for a fact, just because I have these four bright children in the house. They are looking for things to get better in school. Sure, today was boring, but there is always tomorrow. Tomorrow there will still be problems for the schools, as with many global belief systems, hallowed institutions, and sacred ways of being. We are in need of a more productive and positive approach.