Education Reform
December 1, 2008
I don’t have too much to add, except that we live in the closest thing to a classless society, and I’d love to see more attention paid to trade schools, wherein instead of going to colleges (on the gamble that this might help them to get a job), students might learn actual job skills.
This is not an education issue per se—it’s simply that some of the most intellectual folks out there prefer to learn their skills in the context of problem-solving, rather than hanging out in the realm of the abstract, and mentally masturbating all day long.
As far as K-12 is concerned, we do need to eliminate a lot of the bureaucracy that handcuffs those who would otherwise be happy to teach in private schools. As it stands, those with brains, talent and knowledge—but a low tolerance for bullshit—teach in private schools, or do not teach at all.
And withholding merit pay from talented teachers is to equate them with the glorified baby-sitters who form the majority among public-school educators.
h/t: The Dairy King.
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December 1st, 2008 at 9:28 am
Good to find you again. Now do’es anyone know where Cassie has disappeared to?
December 1st, 2008 at 11:15 pm
She’s on Twitter, I’m pretty sure.