I love the Internet. You can be totally blunt and never have to deal with people physically stomping out of the room or screaming or throwing things at you.
“A child can do just as much learning outside of the current school structure than within it”
*Some* children, a very small percentage, unless the outside learning is conducted by trained teachers in a disciplined environment. Even in medieval times, the apprentices were trained by older and wiser members of the profession…definitely ‘experts’.
I like Lech. I aint no idiot who cant think for himself hence feel no risk of getting suckered into believing something stupid. His, like Rob’s occassional gems, offers a different view point to ponder. I might not agree in the end but it does trigger some pondering (besides, reading sports pages, as Mets + Knicks + Rangers + Giants fan, is depressing).
They’re smart enough to know that school is for suckas, especially when the government likes to hire.
“Rhee brought down Fenty.”
If the schools improve then it’ll be worth it. I bet you won’t see the new person in charge rushing out to re-hire those who were fired.
now now cmu,
I posted that link in good faith,
it has information pertinent to the
discussion of global warming as you
yourself described.
then you went and said it
was a “waste of time”
to evaluate scientific data
on the subject.
you’re being mean. :o(
I love the Internet. You can be totally blunt and never have to deal with people physically stomping out of the room or screaming or throwing things at you.
“A child can do just as much learning outside of the current school structure than within it”
*Some* children, a very small percentage, unless the outside learning is conducted by trained teachers in a disciplined environment. Even in medieval times, the apprentices were trained by older and wiser members of the profession…definitely ‘experts’.
You may need to re-establish the account if it got nuked.
Rhee brought down Fenty.
“Some of the smartest people I know barely finished high school.”
but how smart are they?
I like Lech. I aint no idiot who cant think for himself hence feel no risk of getting suckered into believing something stupid. His, like Rob’s occassional gems, offers a different view point to ponder. I might not agree in the end but it does trigger some pondering (besides, reading sports pages, as Mets + Knicks + Rangers + Giants fan, is depressing).