Sometimes I wish we could regress and evolve all over again.
Ed
> Gosh, Ed, if we no longer look at our kids as "human resources" needed to
> ensure that our productivity gains are at least equal to those of our
global
> competitors, etc., then how are they ever going to become good citizens
that
> "invest" their money in baseball cards (oops I meant stocks) and how are
> they ever going to understand and participate in their God given right to
be
> active in derivatives and other financial instruments? After all, what
else
> are citizens for? Oh, yes they will be good consumers too!!
>
> arthur cordell
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed Weick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 11:22 AM
> To: Brad McCormick, Ed.D.
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Keith Hudson
> Subject: Re: We're being sidelined (was Collapsing schools)
>
>
>
>
> > Ed Weick wrote:
> > [snip]
> > > I would also suggest that we might be concerned about too many kids
> going
> > > into math and science, rather than too few. We are in danger of
turning
> out
> > > techno-robots rather than thinkers.
> >
> > Do you mean to imply that "humanities" graduates are more
> > thinkers than technical graduates?
>
> Brad, I'm not sure of what I'm implying. What I have a problem with,
> though, is the near panic around producing math and science grads as
though
> that will save us from some impending dark fate or secure us a pre-eminent
> place among nations. From what our governments and departments of
education
> are saying, we no longer look at school kids as potential adults who will
> need to exercise insight, understanding and compassion, but as "human
> resources" that will be needed to ensure that our productivity gains are
at
> least equal to those of our global competitors, etc.
>
> Ed
