example, cannot reform educationbecause, while he does see the very complex human organizations of corporate entities, hemisses the complex organizations of the school system. Someone on the inside cannotchange the system either because that person is immersed in that system and tends to beblinded by the overwhelming changes that have to be made. Above all, the reason no one can change education is because it is an interlockingpiece of society. Education, and the system that runs it, does not exist, nor has it everexisted, independently of the society that surrounds it. It is just as much a part of it asbaloney is part of a baloney sandwich. Until we can change the attitudes in our societyregarding education, we will not be able to do it. New teachers are products of society. New principals are products of society. New office and grounds staff are products ofsociety. Parents are products of society. Everyone is a product of society. So how canwe change something that is embedded in and completely reflective of the society thatbred it? We cannot without changing the broader system: ourselves.A change in education will, without a doubt, be a part of a change of America. Iwelcome it-- sooner rather than later....
