"Now, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts; nothing else will ever be of any service to them. ... Stick to Facts, sir! ... In this life, we want nothing but Facts, sir-; nothing but Facts!"

--from "Hard Times," by Charles Dickens.

The trouble is, if you don't show how the facts are relevant to current decisions we have to make, the facts become dull, dull, dull.

Without considering how the facts are relevant, how do you decide which facts are worth learning and which are not?

Of course, if you believe the school board should do all the considering, and not the teachers or students, then you would probably support the Texas system.