Keith, Don't act naive! Please explain where the profit would come, unless education is really a front for training. Oh! I remember that's why corporations are creating partnerships with schools now. Clearly, this "business-like" approach has lead to the "dumbing-down" of the schools in my part of the world. Gotta keep 'em happy at McDonalds.
Bruce Leier > -----Original Message----- > From: Keith Hudson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 1:55 PM > To: Bruce Leier > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Collapsing schools > > Bruce, > > (BC) > <<<< > I do not think it impossible to maintain standards in public schools. > Tough, but not impossible. The 1st step would be to stop trying to be > business-like. The corporate model cannot work in an education setting. > I hope you recognize that. > > >>> > (KH) > I don't recognise that. Unless you can put up even a minimum argument for > your statement (as I did for stating why officals cannot run schools), then > we'll have to agree to differ and leave it there. > >>>> > At 11:49 07/07/02 -0500, you wrote: > (BC) > <<<< > The model presupposes a profit for the "bosses" how ever you wish to > define them. Such a pursuit undermines the goals of education. > >>>> > > How does profit for the bosses undermine the goals of education? Don't > students also profit from the process? > > Keith > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- > ------------ > > Keith Hudson, General Editor, Handlo Music, http://www.handlo.com > 6 Upper Camden Place, Bath BA1 5HX, England > Tel: +44 1225 312622; Fax: +44 1225 447727; mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________________________ > ______
