For high progress in education!
Title
For high progress in education!
Description
"Poet: Smirnovski, S.
Little Yegorka just ran through the text,
He did not learn his lesson—so ""D"" was the next.
The director of studies did not like the grade:
—Yegorka's ""D"" makes all totals look bad.
We have to work hard for educational progress,
So let's give this slacker a ""C,"" but no(t) less.
The gloomy school principal objected again:
—We have got to do something, whatever it be,
Yegorka's ""C"" grade makes our efforts vain,
So lets change his grade and give Yegorka a ""B.""
The District Committee used a commanding tone:
— Do actively join our excellence effort!
— Yes!—they answered in the school and soon it was done:
As always, Yegorka got an ""A"" in the record.
Grades were overstated in the elastic report...
While Yegorka got off with a fright of some sort.
Overstatement of school grades for window-dressing is popular not only in the U.S., but also was in the former U.S.S.R. and is popular in the succeeding states. The main difference between the two systems is that the educational system in the U.S. is relatively decentralized, while in the former U.S.S.R. it was centralized, and, as reporting levels increased in numbers, the tendency for ""good statistics"" on lower levels also increased."
Little Yegorka just ran through the text,
He did not learn his lesson—so ""D"" was the next.
The director of studies did not like the grade:
—Yegorka's ""D"" makes all totals look bad.
We have to work hard for educational progress,
So let's give this slacker a ""C,"" but no(t) less.
The gloomy school principal objected again:
—We have got to do something, whatever it be,
Yegorka's ""C"" grade makes our efforts vain,
So lets change his grade and give Yegorka a ""B.""
The District Committee used a commanding tone:
— Do actively join our excellence effort!
— Yes!—they answered in the school and soon it was done:
As always, Yegorka got an ""A"" in the record.
Grades were overstated in the elastic report...
While Yegorka got off with a fright of some sort.
Overstatement of school grades for window-dressing is popular not only in the U.S., but also was in the former U.S.S.R. and is popular in the succeeding states. The main difference between the two systems is that the educational system in the U.S. is relatively decentralized, while in the former U.S.S.R. it was centralized, and, as reporting levels increased in numbers, the tendency for ""good statistics"" on lower levels also increased."
Creator
Kunnap, V.
Date
1975
Source
Rutgers
Relation
Rights
Source: Holzer, M., Illiash, I., Gabrielian, V., & Kuznestsova, L. (2010). Red Tape from Red Square:Bureaucratic Commentary in Soviet Graphic Satirical Art. Poughkeepsie, NY: NetPublications
Publisher
Rutgers
Contributor
Rutgers
Format
Medium: Poster
Language
Russian
Type
Artwork
Identifier
Art, Satire, Cartoons, Grades, Education, Corruption, Schools
Coverage
Russia
Files
Reference
Kunnap, V., For high progress in education!, Rutgers, 1975
Cite As
Kunnap, V., “For high progress in education!,” Virtual Museum of Public Service, accessed April 19, 2024, https://vmps.omeka.net/items/show/468.