Airports and education

I was going through security at the Melbourne airport in Florida, leaving the beautiful weather to head back to frosty Chicago, when I couldn't help thinking of the similarities in air travel and teaching. There are things we have to do that don't make sense anymore, turn off phones on take off, take off shoes through lines, just like in education. We do things for a false sense of security. Or because it would take some, gasp, work to change. (Standardized testing I'm talking about you!)