Unlike school children, lab rats enjoy some protection from testing |
As most people know, PETA is focused on ending animal
suffering. Typically we work to protect animals such as rats, rabbits and
chickens from cruelty in laboratories and on farms. However, today we are
speaking on behalf of human animals, namely the American public school student.
Every year millions of children are routinely tortured in the name of
educational measurement by the standardized testing industry. They suffer
through unnecessary field, diagnostic and predictive testing. We were sickened
to learn that at any given minute during the school day, more than 1,100
American children are being tested in some capacity. There are rats in pharmaceutical labs that undergo less testing.
Even chickens destined for your dinner plate get some sunlight |
PETA urges parents and guardians to choose cruelty-free
schools for their children, that is those schools in which standardized testing
is not used as the predominant measure of student learning. How can you tell which schools are cruelty-free? They are the
ones to which wealthy people send their children. Of course, another option would be to consider opting-out of tests.
To keep pressure on those responsible for these cruel and
never-ending examinations sign the petitions below and join the thousands of
caring Americans who refuse to participate in the excessive testing of the most
innocent of animals - school children.
South Carolina's petition, Chicago's petition, President petition
Reality Alert:
Interested in how we came to write this? Go to: Change the Stakes Teacher Exposes Board's Ridiculous Testing Policy and Teachers Refuse To Give Standardized Test At Seattle High Schools
i totally agree!
ReplyDeleteGood Comparison! Your blog is really interesting, and neat! I like the satire. Thanks by the way for reading my article on standardized testing in the Obama Eagle. Standardized testing is an issue that has consumed education for far too long. I am glad that there are others that agree with me.
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