On Mar 11, 2007, at 11:12 PM, Stephen the Cook wrote:
> It's not the tool my friend it's the agenda. I was talking to
> educators
> this morning at different times. One is a PhD in the school of
> business,
> Marketing and the other in the Earthquake Center, no sure what
> school that
> is a part of?
>
> Both were talking about the lack of caring by the youth today. All
> the
> students want is the diploma without putting in the work required to
> actually do it. The marketing educator was pretty vocal about the
> total
> lack of training that the students have today vs. ten and twenty
> years ago.
> He is retiring at the end of this semester.
Learning is the natural mode for kids. We just call it 'playing'.
The emphasis on reducing 'learning' to 'performing on standardized
tests' is a major component of the apathy you see.
-- Ed Leafe
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