Go Galt ;) you don't feed your child's body toxic waste and tell him it's good for him do you?
my .02 Dana On 11/18/07, Dinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 14, 2007 10:14 AM, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > .... > > > you, honest. But I think you are wrong if you believe that the system is > > so > > flawed that NO ONE can succeed there....because that's just not true. > > > The majority of my stint in the public school system, sucked nuts. > > The thing I walked away (or, out!) with was that it encouraged lameness. > > Propped The System up- "You must take college courses to succeed"- > it matters not, what REALLY matters- what school is REALLY for. > > Well- > > /should/ really be for. > > "The System" is not about making people succeed- or at least, it's > definition > of success is fucking screwed up. > > The Machine wants more cogs. The teachers who actually try to teach > learning, are ground down by the Gears of Education. > > I have the utmost respect for those that persevere. > > *sign* I don't know. I'm at a point in life, just about, where I'm gonna > have to revisit the school situation, up close and personal. > > I'm not sure if I'm feeling more Taggart-ish or Galt-ish. > > The potential of a "non standard" education might outweigh the character > building aspect of a "standard" education. I think the real reason it's not > done more might be because it requires more work, and involvement, than > most people give toward "public school"- note, that if more folks had a > different attitude about the school system, things would be better. > > It's amazing the difference between a PubSkool with Support (parent > involvement, and teachers supported by the admin, etc.) and one that's > sorta expected to magically do it alone[1]. > > I was lucky enough to experience a wide range of education from k-12, > and I learned a lot, but I don't pretend things aren't changing all the > time. > > The arming of the security* sorta bothers me- hell, the fact that we need > security bothers me- (*new local deal) The System is in need of such FIERCE > REFORM- and yet it's so low on the list of priorities... > > I think it's that Rich/Poor Effect (or Affect?) in action. Bottom line. > > [1] obviously population plays into it- chicago poor ain't kentucky poor, > or; a class of 100 != a class of 3000 (might be sheer #s vs. even poverty) > > -- > If you are a prince, and I am a prince- who shall wash the camel? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get involved in the latest ColdFusion discussions, product development sharing, and articles on the Adobe Labs wiki. http://labs/adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ColdFusion_8 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:246637 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
