> How does profit for the bosses undermine the goals of education? Don't > students also profit from the process? > > Keith
Keith, what a strange statement. How does having less money make more profit for a student? My father always said that budgets for students were truly impossible since a real student would break the bank with real exploration rather than simply parroting what the teacher "instructed." I happened to be one of those who "broke the bank". He used everybit that he had but was also able to put money that was not available for students away in other accounts to create new buildings, laboratories, musical instruments, gyms etc. Frankly there is no money available for shareholders period. If there were, the church schools would make money off of their many schools but they always come in for a loss. It doesn't make sense, however if you have other ideas please share them. The thought just occured to me that you meant that the bosses would work harder if they were paid more. That could be true if it freed them from second jobs and made it possible for them to give real time, on the other hand if the only reason they do it is for the extra money, the quality of pedagogical exploration will not be up to the job. It's too hard. I've seen many businessmen just quit when they got to the place were real teachers (and artists) begin. To the businessmen it was "good enough" and no profit was made by making it better. But the real point never was the bosses but the shareholders. They provide capital and make a profit. I'm confused. How is all of that possible? It makes not sense either in education, public health or the arts. You said yourself that you have thrown in the towel on modern art. It is not harder today than it was in the time of Dowland. We just quit easier. But perhaps that is unfair. It was the Pope that told Palestrina to stop complicating things with counterpoint. That is the legacy both old religion and of modern business and economics and why IMHO globalization is such a disaster for all but the wealthy and such a conflict for modern religion. Regards, Ray
