Rob,
Yes, the US model of education is spreading. As is the US system of
incarceration, flexible labor markets and much else, sad to say.
Thanks for your kind remarks.
Solidarity,
Michael Yates
Rob Schaap wrote:
>
> As always, I find myself in impressed and sad agreement with Michaels Y and K.
> As for 'let 'em eat theory' - I know that to be a whole-body-cancer in the
> areas I infest (communications/sociology/cultural studies - where two dominant
> strains, by-the-numbers-technique or opaque waffle-about-nothing, compete for
> metastatic opportunity), but that doesn't seem so true of the provinces
> stalked by this list, where stuff that matters seems to be done both well and
> often. I've read stuff by quite a few Penpals, and find it more relevant,
> practical, thoughtfully accessible and sincere than most of the stuff my
> sector has been pooing out. It ain't their fault if dissemination ain't quite
> reflecting the quality ... even then, I'm not sure their time won't come, though.
>
> Which doesn't make Michael Y's last-chance, sanity-saving departure any easier
> to take, of course. After all, Australian education policy has well and truly
> embarked on the great American road, and looks, on the current rate of
> 'progress', set to arrive at Pittsburgh 2001 well before I'm 55 ...
>
> All the best, Michael.
>
> Cheers,
> Rob.
