Wise words Bob. You and old George Carlin are on the same wave
link...which is amazing, given where he is.
The fact that the wealthy can afford the best education for their
children should be proof enough that we are becoming a Third World
Nation, a Banana Republic.
We need to take every opportunity to promote free public education of
the same quality as our wealthy cousins.
Carl Jarvis
On 3/27/18, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I heard a discussion of today's education the other day in which it was
explained that the students at elite private schools still receive an
excellent education, including not only art, science, history, and
literature, but help with how to analyze critically. This is because they
are being groomed for leadership. But Most students are receiving a very
different kind of education. It is aimed at teaching them how to do the work
that the elites require. They are not taught history. Art and literature
have been removed from the curriculum. They are being taught how to pass
tests and how to follow orders. Add to this the growing influence of the
Military in our schools, you the picture is actually very grim.
Miriam
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Hi Carl,
I really liked this post. No question about it; we're putting way more
emphasis on being consumers and producers when it comes to what we teach our
children these days.
I like the way George Carlin puts it:
"we teach them just enough to do the paperwork and run the machines. We
don't want problem solvers and critical thinkers."
I still believe that the kind of traditional liberal arts education that was
more prevalent in high schools and colleges in days gone by produces a human
being more capable of getting along with a wider variety of humans. It also
puts way more emphasis on what some right-wingers believe to be an outmoded
concept. That's the public good. A good grounding in the importance of the
public good produced the greatest generation. The public good was at the
center of their education. Changes that began in the 1960's and continued
until today gave us the baby boomers and generation X.
The greatest generation dealt relatively well with the Great Depression and
World War II. Until very recently, I had concluded that the baby boomers and
generation X might not have fared so well. But the young people of Parkland
have renewed my flickering hope for the future. Perhaps today's kids
understand something that baby boomers and gen Xers do not. Some how, some
way, perhaps the pendulum is swinging back in the direction of the public
good over self only.
Bob Hachey