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Our Government Is A Moronocracy

Secretary Of Education Excited Kids Have A.1.

As a Heinz 57 person, I’m outraged!

Fay Wylde
6 min readApr 12, 2025

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Our Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, spoke at an event called the ASU+GSV Summit. It “brings experts together to discuss innovation in education.” This year’s theme was “Learning at the Speed of Light.”

Uh-huh. How did that go?

Well, here is what Linda (former professional wrestling promoter) had to say. She heard about a “school system that’s going to start making sure that first graders, or even pre-Ks, have A1 teaching in every year.” She added, “Kids are sponges. They just absorb everything. It wasn’t all that long ago that it was, ‘We’re going to have internet in our schools!’ Now let’s see A1 and how that can be helpful.”

A1 steak sauce helpful? Firstly, I didn’t know kids were being served steak at school cafeterias! Wow! Though I suppose it is steak, a basket of fries, and a token piece of lettuce for those stupid nutritional requirements, right?

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Of course, if you are in a low-income neighborhood where school vouchers have siphoned off taxpayer…

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Fay Wylde
Fay Wylde

Written by Fay Wylde

I write on politics, women’s rights, racial equality, LGBTQ, religion, witchy stuff, and whatever else my autistic brain chases.

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