We'll have to convert you to carbon dioxide as a propellant Allan. At one point I used to do remedial maths with engineers. I rarely got through. In the course f a class I could shift most of the class to get stuff right, but they'd forget in a week. These same people could perform reasonably well in jobs. At higher academic levels I had people who could intercourse the inverse differential of Zarkian time- travel who couldn't boil and egg because they waited for the gas to come on without a match.
We could almost do with a control group who don't do school so we could see if it really does make much difference. I suspect a lot f it is learning to do what you are told in order to be employable doing just that. My best students didn't learn much from me. On Sep 17, 7:14 pm, Allan H <[email protected]> wrote: > Kid are trained to read a book then answer questions based on what they > read. Unfortunately that is what and how they have been taught to learn. > Creating and even bigger problem.. the computer games are not any better > in creating creative learning. > > I agree with you at 14 the education should split with 7 year more > training available for on going training .. everything goes,, maybe they > will create a trade in computer programming?? I think they put to much > garbage into the educational system. > Allan > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 7:18 PM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'd like to see kids out of school at 14. I'd give everyone 7 years > > of further free training or education after that. > > > In England we are admitting our GCSE exams were never worth spit and > > that coursework is a dud method. I suspect what we aren't doing is > > admitting how useless education really is for most people. Having > > kids in school so they can commune with each other and be minded until > > 14 is fair enough. The few who can benefit from academic study need > > to be encouraged to both fit in with the rabble and be given the > > chance to establish learning fellowship amongst themselves. Much of > > this could now be a university of the air. > > > The plan in England is to go back to exams, strangely at 16 given the > > assertion school is to be forced on everyone until 18. We had a plan > > for grammar schools, technical and secondary moderns once. The > > current lunacy is really just a reversion to that. Our grammar and > > public schools broadly taught dross about classics and empire. > > > From what I see walking the dog, our schools fail to do much with most > > kids. Litter is a big problem. I tested three 101 classes for > > research purposes last year to see if any of them could write > > spreadsheet cells and do literature search. That was 110 people and > > the results were zero. Extending the test a bit into such matters as > > which are the world's largest manufacturers (some of these people have > > economics at A level) or the origins of world wars in trade and > > finance also zilch. > > > In front of these know-littles was a 101 programme about learning a > > few chapters of books in order to answer questions based on them. > > Work makes more sense as education than this. > > > -- > > -- > ( > ) > |_D Allan > > Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living. > > I am a Natural Airgunner - > > Full of Hot Air & Ready To Expel It Quickly. --
