Jeez, Jerry. Did a nun beat you half to death with a ruler when you were in grade school? Such venom towards education. =-p
There is a hypothesis that people with fewer resources available to them regarding education will learn at a slower rate than those more privileged. Socioeconomic status has a lot to do with it, but not everything. Sesame St. was created to try to close this gap, "the same education available to all!", but it didn't work. The privileged viewers learned faster than their less educated counterparts. The analogy, I believe was that for the "poor kids", Sesame St. was like learning to make a cake. For the "rich kids", it was like learning to put icing on one they already made. So, it isn't quite as simple as "anyone can pull themselves out of their social and economic station if they work hard enough." Some people can't, though it is nice to think they can. Some of the black and white statements you have made in the last few posts seem asinine in that respect. Then again, some college students are just dumbasses. On 3/1/2012 11:39 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > I will add to this fascinating discussion that I have noticed a pattern > among my students. > > The ones who try the hardest, don't complain, and are generally a pleasure > to work with are the ones paying for their education themselves (most > adults returning for additional education). Adults who know the value of money and the value of education, and are lucky to get a second chance, and know it. > Those that don't give a damn are usually those whose parents or someone > else is picking up the check. 18 year olds who don't know either. There is a bit of a difference. > > I highly encourage my brighter students to check out computer and statistic > programs. Not many are interested. I seem to have an unusually high > number wanting to get into social work though. I am convinced that math majors are not completely human. > > J ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:347770 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
