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Originally Posted by Crowbob
Great idea, Moses. It will NEVER happen. The idea of injecting capitalism, merit and competition into academia is just an arrogant insult to the profession. The entire public "education" universe is a total scam. Teachers are against it? Imagine that.
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Meaningful posts require some understanding of the subject matter. Sorry that's so hard. Indeed, if this thread were moved to PARF, we'd learn that the problem is exceedingly simple. It's the union's fault. Crowbob......if you took a step back and had another look, you'd notice that capitalism ultimately is going to infect, and destroy, every system. Including and especially this one.
Three of my sisters are school teachers. A number of my friends are, also. My old college roommate (an Atheist, interestingly enough.....and a Libertarian. Imagine our discussions in college) is a teacher. When I met with him a couple of summers ago, he painted a picture of students learning at their own pace, using computer technology. Computers can get you information about as fast as you can learn to ask the right questions. Plus....computers can assess your progress and find new problems for you to solve. The teacher then becomes less of a babysitter and more of a coach. At the end of the conversation, I was excited about the prospects for education and when I discussed it with my other teacher friends and relatives, they already understood the upcoming changes and were as excited as I.
One last splash of cold water: Ultimately, capitalism is likely to SMASH the teacher's unions and get control of the education industry. The result will offer some opportunities and certainly changes, and/but will be sorely disappointing in other ways. Think "FoxNews Education." Think "McEducation." Coca-Cola is very interested, and already involved, in education.