Ozark School Board Candidate Resorts to Name Calling of Those Who Oppose the IB: Ryan Maddox Proves Why He Isn't Prepared for the School Board

When you have been found out, and you wish to divert attention away from the negative parts of what you represent, the shoot the messenger mentality usually resorts to name calling. That's exactly what is going on in the Ozark School Board as pressure has been stepped up to show you the other side of the International Baccalaureate, the side that doesn't comply with American values. Remember, as you hear the name calling beginning, these are the people who have been elected and hired to ensure your children become critical thinkers, and yet members like Mr. Ryan Maddox in this video, resort to name calling, labeling bloggers exposing the IB as cowards. (I love how this guy adds he is an Evangel College student to his ethos before engaging in the name calling at about 30 minutes in the video.)

Mr. Maddox, some of us realized what a joke public education has become under leadership like yours and learned our critical thinking skills outside of the public school classrooms because they weren't taught in the classrooms you wish to lead. I know attending Strafford High School, I had my share of lousy teachers who I will not list on this board, and I have dealt with a lousy teacher at Ozark (or is that wonderfully passionate as Kim Maddox describes) as well combined with administrators who swept her unprofessionalism under the rug rather than look at her lackadaisical efforts in the classroom. Critical thinking skills are not something Ozark is famous for.

The critical thinking skills I learned allowed me to look at what the IB endorses in public press releases they proudly put the IB label on like the UN's Human Rights Doctrine, which opposes the US Constituiton, and the Earth Charter, and what it might mean to our community, like the redistribution of wealth, the devaluing of Christianity, and the radical left-wing environmentalism. Sorry if that offends you but I am not a coward, but a decorated veteran who has been personally praised with accommodations from generals in the United States Army. Something tells me you don't have the courage to call me a coward in front of my face, but only use your unwise words when you are preaching to your little choir that doesn't care about the concerns that I and others have in the community. I do think it's cowardly that upon addressing these concerns with administrators, they choose to ignore the concerns many of us in the community share.

My critical thinking skills also wonder why both Mr. Ryan Maddox and his wife Kimberly feel the need to both serve on the Ozark School Board. That appears to me like the Maddox family is maybe a little too hands on in pushing their agenda on Ozark students, whatever that agenda may be. As well, as Bob Burgess talks about budget constraints the school board will face in the future, my critical thinking skills ask why the school board is sending tens of thousands of dollars overseas to the IB? Of course, I am just an Internet coward for asking such questions, right Ryan? We shouldn't have inquizative people (students who quest for knowledge) asking such questions of those in authority, right Ryan? Is this your classroom philosophy as well?

I also wonder why, as you watch the series of videos produced on the IB and Ozark schools, which you can see by clicking the other IB links, why Dr. Pace has to present this pseudo ethos of his religious beliefs as he promotes his church, James River Assembly, at this school board meeting. Dr. Pace, if you are sincere about your religious beliefs, why do you support the IB, which supports pantheism? Does James River Assembly support pantheism?

Here's the link the videos:

http://springfieldwebtv.com/shows/ozarkhigh.html

For the record Mr. Maddox, there is nothing cowardly with expressing concerns for the future of education in Ozark as well as the United States. It's courageous to stand up and question the direction of a school board, your local community government, state government, or federal government. Your lack of critical thinking on this combined with your decision to resort to name calling shows just how ill prepared you are to sit on the school board. I do hope when April comes around, you will not convinced enough voters that you are worthy of sitting on this board. Critical thinking doesn't involve name calling, rather it involves analyzing complex thoughts within the subject matter as well as the logos, ethos, and pathos of the subject matter--something the IB doesn't endorse as they push their theory of knowledge.