> Dana wrote: > yes you did, scroll up ;) No, silly, I didn't mean *ever*, I just meant in that one post. Jeez. That took *enough* restraint.
> Also, education didn't have squat to do with the Industrial Revolution, > which is generally credited to the concept of the division of labor. True, but we're talking about 2 different things. It was education that turned the country into a meritocracy. That is, a po' kid from the sticks could use the gov't infrastructure (k-12, roads, phones) to become a millionaire. For example, an Iowa farm boy was able to go to Harvard and become CEO. Previous to the infrastructure that wasn't possible and a semi-plutocracy existed (both bus & gov't). This gets to the core of our disagreement. Back then an analogy to your current solution would have been to try to keep the kid on the farm by subsidizing his corn. My solution would've been the infrastructure and education he used to become CEO. It's easy to criticise our educational infrastructure, but it was built to give that farm boy a chance in the big city; not for today's world. As to private vs. public, I could care less; it's the *infrastructure* that's important. That is, setting standards and measuring results but also providing cell phones, WI-Fi, and top universities. Who does the k-12 teaching is irrelevant, as long as it's done right. Which brings us to where we agree: the gov't can't manage anything; not money, not education, not disasters. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:175586 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
