Quoting Krimel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [Krimel to Platt] > I did it looked like a knee jerk reaction to rumors of change. > > [Arlo] > No kidding. What a shock. Liberals are to blame to blame for everything. The > Academy is destroying America. "Just right-wing politics" as Pirsig called > it, comes up again and again and again > > But since this came up a while back in the Church of Reason thread, I'll > mention it again here. Before you can look into "fixing" education, you need > to know why you are educating in the first place. What is the purpose > of an educated citizenry? Voting? Labor? "Because its the right thing"? > Democratic participation? Technological advancements? To meet the needs of > manufacturing and industry? "Better job"? To separate the wheat from > the chaff (social darwinism)? > > If there is a crisis in education, I'd posit that it starts here. > > [Krimel] > You are my hero, Arlo. Such incredible patience! Over the years I have > watched you wade through this crap tirelessly. I have always had this > Pollyanna belief that people are not really stupid they just need to have > things explained better or maybe they just have not been presented with the > right information.
Yes, there are those who are arrogant enough to believe they have discovered the one right way to think and the one truth. Those who dare to disagree are said to be stupid, full of crap, and/or duped by wrong information. Such egotism is sad, really. ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
