Let me break it down for you. This kind of statement is provided to the "masses" and written to impress the "elite" into thinking they are getting something for their taxes.
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My High School's Mission Statement:
"Walpole Public Schools is a diverse learning community
that encourages all students to maximize their full potential potential
and celebrates their achievements.
Translation: We are a public school and must accept every student. If a private school, it means we accept every student as long as their parents have money for the tuition. Because we want you to think everything is roses and rainbows we will not fail anyone so everyone gets to pass. If you can breathe, chew gum, and not knock over the furniture, you will make the honor roll and get a pretty ribbon. If all you do is show up you will still get the diploma and we will tie a pretty ribbon on it for you.
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With a professional
and caring staff we are committed to providing a rigorous
education to enable our students to reach their own level of
excellence.
Our staff went to the proper ivory walled schools, have the state required diploma and can function in a literate yet non functional environment. We all suck up to the proper government agencies and use the rose colored glasses to provide hyperbole rather than content. Our staff, while educated, is not necessarily equipped to actually teach your little darling anything without using a hammer and crowbar to gain their attention, so if little Johnie or Joanie can't read it's not our fault.
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Through a collaborative partnership with home and
community we educate all our students to become responsible
citizens and life-long learners in a global society." [/center]
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If we fail to educate the little cretins you stuff through the door it is not our fault it is yours for failure to reproduce and provide something with real intelligence to accept our brilliant thinking and material. We expect you to have the little snot lockers clean, awake, fed and somewhat potty trained by the time they get to school. We will then try to train them to repeat the same trite phrases that are politically correct and acceptable by those we consider to be experts. If you do not agree with our premise you are obviously not capable of seeing the reality we preach and teach. Our reality is all there is so accept it or just pay the tuition and we will send letters home with your little darling to blow smoke up your dress and make you think they are truly capable of functioning in our idea of utopia. If they can't, it's not our fault. They will be able to find the welfare office once we are done.
Just a note here. In addition to more than 35 years outside of the education arena where I worked and experienced life in multiple positions, I do have a MA in ED and class teaching experience at grade school through college level as well as Military instruction. Been there, done that, got the T-shirt.
Mission statements are fancy worded documents meant to impress. It don't really mean that it fits the real world however.......
