Proof that education is a failure.

[Woodznutz]

Why isn't the world perfect? Really?

That's a good question.

 

[White 6]

When you have a lion's share of high-school graduates who aren't proficient in basic subjects like reading, writing, and math, it kind of tells the story itself.

I did not realize the majority of Texas high-school graduate were lousy at reading, writing and basic math. What are you guys doing about it?

 

[Woodznutz]

This sums up education pretty well.

PERSONAL​

"Education should enable young people to engage with the world within them as well as the world around them. In Western cultures, there is a firm distinction between the two worlds, between thinking and feeling, objectivity and subjectivity. This distinction is misguided. There is a deep correlation between our experience of the world around us and how we feel. As we explored in the previous chapters, all individuals have unique strengths and weaknesses, outlooks and personalities. Students do not come in standard physical shapes, nor do their abilities and personalities. They all have their own aptitudes and dispositions and different ways of understanding things. Education is therefore deeply personal. It is about cultivating the minds and hearts of living people. Engaging them as individuals is at the heart of raising achievement."

In other words, education doesn't confer a sense of a broader social responsibility. It's all about "me".

What Is Education For?

Read an excerpt from a new book by Sir Ken Robinson and Kate Robinson, which calls for redesigning education for the future.

www.edutopia.org

 

[Unkotare]

...

But you have to have seen things that prove this criticism is correct.

Why do you say that?

 

[Woodznutz]

That's a good question.

Unkotare, why don't you think that's a good question? There must be a reason why people don't do better when they are certainly capable.

 

[Unkotare]

Unkotare, why don't you think that's a good question? ....

Why the world isn't perfect? Really?

 

[Woodznutz]

Why the world isn't perfect? Really?

So, you can't answer the question?

 

[Unkotare]

So, you can't answer the question?

How stupid are you?

 

[toobfreak]

Graduates are told they can do anything they aspire to thanks mostly to their education. So why aren't they solving the problems that they aspired to solve? Most government agencies that are funded to solve problems employ only college grads (and then mostly masters). With all that education and taxpayers' money why can't they do the job that they aspire to and are paid handsomely for?

Educated doesn't mean intelligent. Intelligence is something you are born with. Education, especially today, mostly means trained, usually trained in one narrow field of work. In some ways, it take more to succeed with only a high school diploma than an advanced degree because too often, degrees opened doors after which it was just largely /assumed/ you were qualified regardless of the work you did (because the degree SAYS you are qualified) whereas people with mere diplomas have to PROVE they are qualified, often constantly.

 

[daveman]

Why do you say that?

Because it's pervasive.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

Too much of our educational system revolves around creating compliant children who do not question.

 

[daveman]

This sums up education pretty well.

PERSONAL​

"Education should enable young people to engage with the world within them as well as the world around them. In Western cultures, there is a firm distinction between the two worlds, between thinking and feeling, objectivity and subjectivity. This distinction is misguided. There is a deep correlation between our experience of the world around us and how we feel. As we explored in the previous chapters, all individuals have unique strengths and weaknesses, outlooks and personalities. Students do not come in standard physical shapes, nor do their abilities and personalities. They all have their own aptitudes and dispositions and different ways of understanding things. Education is therefore deeply personal. It is about cultivating the minds and hearts of living people. Engaging them as individuals is at the heart of raising achievement."

In other words, education doesn't confer a sense of a broader social responsibility. It's all about "me".

What Is Education For?

Read an excerpt from a new book by Sir Ken Robinson and Kate Robinson, which calls for redesigning education for the future.

www.edutopia.org

When people in college or fresh out demand others alter their behavior or simply keep quiet to avoid their feelings getting hurt, it is very much all about "me".

We have a generation of toddlers.

 

[Orangecat]

Why would a college graduate submit to such a test?

They don’t have a choice because the real world is a proficiency test.

 

[Woodznutz]

How stupid are you?

I don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

Doing better doesn't imply perfection.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Graduates are told they can do anything they aspire to thanks mostly to their education. So why aren't they solving the problems that they aspired to solve? Most government agencies that are funded to solve problems employ only college grads (and then mostly masters). With all that education and taxpayers' money why can't they do the job that they aspire to and are paid handsomely for?

Daddy Buying Dummy a Job

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

When you have a lion's share of high-school graduates who aren't proficient in basic subjects like reading, writing, and math, it kind of tells the story itself.

Unmanly Mandate

Why should red-blooded American teens study for college when college is for teenagers who are afraid to grow up?

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Before the thread goes off the rails, the question is, is there something else besides a college education needed in order to solve societies problems?

Replace College "Education" with Highly Paid Professional Training

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Common sense?

Common Sense Is Forbidden for Commoners

How does getting a job just because you can go four years without a job make any sense?

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

A woman I know prepared theses for PhD candidates. Not only did she have to correct spelling and grammar, but she often corrected errors and falsehoods in the documents. My sister worked for a technician who wrote articles for a popular photography magazine. She said that she too had to correct spelling, grammar, and composition else his articles would be unprintable. She also prepared papers for her husband, a genius who wrote educational programs for 'gifted and talented' kids. She was aghast at his poor writing skills. She also composed the introductory letter that helped get him a position in a prestigious university education department.

Shows Why These Job Thieves Came Up with the Term "Grammar Nazi"

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

But this cannot be explained by stupidity. It is a deliberate, long-term effort to make Americans stupid, compliant, and dependent on government.

The Same with the GOPers' Design to Make Us Dependent on Big Business