But Are You Accredited? Re Accredited?

I drive two 20 yr. old cars and they’re both
accredited. Takes 5 minutes. Drive into the
bay, flip lights, turn signals, beep horn, back
up & and apply brakes, scrape  the old
accreditation off the windshield  and
stick on the new one.Re-accreditation.
Or else.   ..
 
The process in Utah is more intense. Son Jon's
car is 45 but  even a new one's subject to the
rigor of Utah scrutiny and generalized safety-
minded mindedness. .

I talk big ideas &  ideals: fire wabash cannon
balls into the classroom,  question authority,
question everything, question Schools of America,
question where food  comes  from, clothes, & 
cultural relativities, sweatshop connections &
investments, bottle water disposal, hierarchies &
hegemonies, Tiger Woods golf course, --urge
creativity & imagination & innovation & the joy
of problem-solving then go home, mow my lawn,
eat a peach, get my car inspected.. .  
   
I can't prove that my enthusiasm or my  curiosity
or my confusion changes a mind-set.  Can't
demonstrate the degree to which inviting Chaos
and Anarchy into a classroom might mother some
invention & possibilities of innovation even as the
regularities of convention are tweaked, jiggled
& somewhat  appropriately demoralized. if not
reconfigured or reformatted.

I can make claims is all, wishful thinking,
golden intention but no proof..More
failure than success if I'm honest.

SACS  hulks like a  sphincter over a Thebes
waiting for Goedel & Superman to answer
riddles of rigor &  innovation:  educing into
plain sight the coherence of our core & general
education, edifying our integration of parts and
wholes, provoking a sustainable sustaining
converse-action across the curriculum &
how we put our mouth where our money is. . 

A  good thing. SACS, sacs-ing.
Proving our ongoing improvement.
Sanction if we aren't in compliance.
Stimulus package. It stimulates me.
That's for sure.

xxxooo, Sam