"How the Test Was Won!"

Now and again I like to post something to the blog that is just plain fun and completely different from everything else that is posted.

I learned about this on a listserv I belong to and it is the latest Simpson's episode in which Bart is informed that he and a select group of students have received perfect scores on a practice test for the upcoming Vice President’s "No Child Left Alone" Assessment Test. The person who sent this described it as..."In order to try to get the scores better, they send the potential low-scorers on a "field trip" on the day of the exam. Of course things go wrong, but the important thing is that the students end up acquiring a lot of "academic" knowledge from having to use it in everyday situations. My favorite was the conservation of angular momentum. Brilliant!"
http://www.hulu.com/watch/60126/the-simpsons-how-the-test-was-won#s-p1-so-i0

Although it is a "comedy sitcom cartoon" I often wonder how much truth there is in it concerning the way teachers are being required to teach kids in K-12 education which ultimately impacts (not in a good way) those of us in culinary arts and hospitality education when the freshman class is sitting in our classrooms and kitchens for the first time. Naturally there are some small commercial breaks in the video and it is adult humor but enjoy it all the same! Heck, the decisions made by the principal at the end may bring a smile to your face :)

The other reason for sending this along is the quality of the video and the technology it took to make it available; it makes me wonder if I am watching the end of television as we know it.