Tuesday, December 4, 2007

I've Been Thinking:

Most people have never heard of Mahmoud Farshidi.
Unless, that is, you are the teacher or parent of a school age child in Iran.

Farshidi was the minister of education in Iran until he resigned on Sunday.
Farshidi's resignation marks the 5th minister to step down and out of Ahmadinejad's government.
The most noted resignation came last month when Ali Larasi stepped down.
Larasi was the Iranian nuclear negotiator, he was also a close advisor to Ahmadinejad.
Larasi submitted his resignation three times on previous occasions.

One small factoid provides us with an enormous amount of information.
The resignation of Farshidi points to a significant deterioration in the power of Ahmadinejad and in his once iron fisted control over Iran.

Iranian teachers have been protesting on the streets of Teheran.
They want raises and some of their protests have been very violent.
If the educational system in Iran is crumbling and if teachers are dissatisfied there is little hope for the Islamic revolution to continue much longer.
The all powerful internet and satellite web access will teach Iranian youth outside the classroom.

These stories will not be covered in mainstream Western press and that is a shame.

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