Trump vælger Linda McMahon, tidligere WWE CEO, som ny undervisningsminister. Klar til at svinge gummistøvlerne i skolen?
I en overraskende vending har præsidentvalgte Donald Trump udnævnt Linda McMahon, den tidligere administrerende direktør for WWE, som sin kandidat til undervisningsminister. McMahon, der har en usædvanlig baggrund fra wrestling-verdenen, har været en tæt allieret med Trump i mange år og har arbejdet som co-formand for hans transitionsteam. På trods af hendes begrænsede erfaring inden for uddannelse, håber mange nu, at hun kan bringe noget wrestling-inspireret dynamik til de ofte stive akademiske kredse.
Som medstifter af WWE i 1980 har McMahon haft en bemærkelsesværdig karriere præget af venskaber og alliancer i den politiske verden. At se hende som en mulig undervisningsminister lyder i første omgang som et eventyr fra en wrestling-history, men hendes erfaring med at styre en virksomhed under vilde omstændigheder kan muligvis vise sig nyttig, når hun står over for kompleksiteten i det amerikanske uddannelsessystem. Vil hun kaste det politiske skue som en ægte wrestling-stjerne eller vil hun komme til at være en mere traditionel leder?
Udover sin rolle i WWE har McMahon også en historie med at lede Small Business Administration under Trumps første mandatperiode – en erfaring, der muligvis vil styrke hendes tilgang til undervisningspolitiske reformer. Hun bliver konfronteret med skarpe udfordringer, såsom undervisningsformer og behovet for moderne teknologi i klasseværelserne. Der er allerede stor debat om, hvordan hendes baggrund kan påvirke uddannelsespolitikken, og reaktionerne fra lærerorganisationer har ikke ladet vente på sig.
Men hvordan skal vi se hendes indflydelse på det helt alvorlige skolepensum? Vil hun tage rådet fra wrestling-medstjernerne? Måske kan hun overveje at indføre ‘WWE-matematik’, hvor eleverne kan kæmpe med hovedregningen, eller ‘historie på wrestling-måden’, hvor de lærer om fortiden ved at se legendariske opgør. Som et idrætskulturikon kan McMahon bringe en ny vinkel til en ofte alvorlig industri.
I øvrigt har Linda McMahon ikke bare kæmpet i ringen, men også i det politiske arena; hun har to gange forsøgt at blive valgt til Senatet i Connecticut. I modvinden har hun generøst investeret i sine politiske kampagner og har opnået stor støtte - noget, der tyder på, at hun er en fighter både uden og inden for ringen. Så lad os se, hvad fremtiden bringer, når hun træder ind i ministeriets ringe – vi kan forvente at høre flere høje råb og måske en god portion drama!
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