Secretary of Education Offers New Motivational Tool to Teachers

So it’s been a couple of months since Arne Duncan has taken up residence in the U.S. Department of Education. How’s he holding up?

Pretty well, apparently. Here’s news of one of the new, scientifically-proven motivational exercises that Duncan is supporting as part of the continuation of No Child Left Behind:

A teacher takes her class outside the school building and divides children into teams of five. One child lies down on the ground on his/her back and four of his/her teammates hold him/her there by sitting on his/her arms and legs. Then the teacher slowly pours a gallon jug of water over the child’s mouth and nostrils in an exercise known as water motivation. Team members make sure to keep the supine student in place.

Teachers’ union president Randi Weingarten accompanied Duncan on his “listening tour” to different schools across the country, where he first proposed the new motivational tool. She reportedly “danced the fandango on the table in front of the speaker’s dais” upon his announcement.

Anything to keep the education status quo going, apparently.

(Okay, I shall not make fun of NCLB anymore. I shall not make fun of NCLB anymore. I shall not make fun of NCLB anymore…)

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