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What both of these examples illustrate is the extent to which students do not see punishments as something necessary or deserved, no matter how clear-cut the individual case is. My opinion is that this is because we have simply lost any meaningful concept of desert in our schools. After all, if it is normal for difficult children to be spoilt, sent on trips, and allowed to dominate classrooms, why would any child connect their own lapses in behaviour to a deserved punishment?
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What both of these examples illustrate is the extent to which students do not see punishments as something necessary or deserved, no matter how clear-cut the individual case is. My opinion is that this is because we have simply lost any meaningful concept of desert in our schools. After all, if it is normal for difficult children to be spoilt, sent on trips, and allowed to dominate classrooms, why would any child connect their own lapses in behaviour to a deserved punishment?
Models - January 2004 - Access to Energy - Pro-Science, Pro-Technology, Pro-Freedom
With rare exceptions, those who seek or hold political power usually control men with their emotions rather than their minds. They prefer people who can be easily manipulated by oration, by imagery, and by fear, greed, and envy.
The media-produced emotional world of vicarious violence, trivialized sex, primitive primal "music," and nonexistent morality and ethics of today is ideal for those who seek to manipulate unthinking Americans. The television-addicted public is saturated with whatever "thoughts" the controllers want them to "think," and polls are continually taken to see whether their propaganda is having the desired effect. This is the "education" that is most desired.
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men who can think are tolerated, so long as they keep in their place and do not seek political power.
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These models are far more valuable than the facts themselves. They must, however, be verified by means of further observations.
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Donald Trump vs. The Mandarins by Gary North
In implicitly or explicitly rejecting the so-called trade-school model, business schools gained respectability and approval on their campuses by conforming to the norms and behaviors of arts and sciences departments.
If there is a kiss of death for entrepreneurship, it is the outlook of the liberal arts departments of an American university. This has lowered the market value of an MBA from all but the most prestigious schools.
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For
a thousand years, China was administered by Mandarins. These bureaucrats
swore loyalty to the emperor. Then they were granted enormous control
over the entire society. From the days of the Pharaohs until the
twentieth century, the Mandarin class was the world’s most powerful
bureaucracy.
To
enter the ranks of the Mandarin class, a young man had to pass a
rigorous written examination. The examination covered Chinese classical
poetry. What did a knowledge of Chinese poetry have to do with ruling
a vast empire? Directly, very little. Indirectly, a great deal.
A
student needed five things to pass the exam: (1) advanced literacy;
(2) enough leisure to study for the exam; (3) a very high IQ; (4)
a teacher; (5) the ability to endure intense boredom for many years
under a nearly absolute master.
The
teacher was a man who had failed to pass the exam.
Had
he passed, he would not have become a teacher.
This
system, or something very close to it, has very nearly conquered
America. At the gates, one man now stands as the representative
agent of the resistance: Donald Trump. -
In
implicitly or explicitly rejecting the so-called trade-school
model, business schools gained respectability and approval on
their campuses by conforming to the norms and behaviors of arts
and sciences departments.
If
there is a kiss of death for entrepreneurship, it is the outlook
of the liberal arts departments of an American university. This
has lowered the market value of an MBA from all but the most prestigious
schools.
The ugly secret why tuition costs a fortune | ajc.com
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At the same time, the degree of interaction between teachers and students has declined. While 43 percent of two-year public college students and 29 percent of four-year public college students require remedial course work, costing $2 billion annually, one national survey reports that 37 percent of first-year arts/humanities students “never” discuss course readings with teachers outside of class, and 41 percent only do so “sometimes.”
Do It Now by Steve Pavlina
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The first step is to know exactly what you want.
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a Tae Kwon Do studio where I used to train, there's a huge sign on the wall that says, "Your goal is to become a black belt." This helps remind each student why s/he is going through such difficult training.
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Office of Science Education - LifeWorks - Information - About LifeWorks
When guidance counselors offer postsecondary guidance, many focus only on application and admission to college (Cohen & Besharow, 2002).
Given these influences it is not surprising that 94 percent of students, regardless of gender or racial-ethnic status, plan to pursue post-secondary education after high school. As many as 80 percent enroll in four-year colleges or universities (CIEWD, 2002, Trei, 2003). However, over half of the students admitted to college drop out and many take up to 10 years to complete requirements for a bachelor’s degree (Astin, Tsui, & Avalos, 1996; National Library of Education, 1999; Smith et al., 1996; Stanfield, 1997). While a decision to attend college is the right choice for many students, many other young people go to college simply because they don't know what else to do (Brown, 2003; Cohen and Besharow 2002; Trei, 2003).
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When guidance counselors offer postsecondary guidance, many focus only on application and admission to college (Cohen & Besharow, 2002).
Given these influences it is not surprising that 94 percent of students, regardless of gender or racial-ethnic status, plan to pursue post-secondary education after high school. As many as 80 percent enroll in four-year colleges or universities (CIEWD, 2002, Trei, 2003). However, over half of the students admitted to college drop out and many take up to 10 years to complete requirements for a bachelor’s degree (Astin, Tsui, & Avalos, 1996; National Library of Education, 1999; Smith et al., 1996; Stanfield, 1997). While a decision to attend college is the right choice for many students, many other young people go to college simply because they don't know what else to do (Brown, 2003; Cohen and Besharow 2002; Trei, 2003).
Lord Lucas: How to assess home education
Badman has issued a report recommending an intrusive registration system for home educators. Lord Lucas claims to be against it. Lots of interesting responses in the comments.
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When I started to home educate her I soon realised at age 9 she still could not do single digit addition or subtraction. Schools who "overestimate" children's abilities will make themselves look good but put parents in an impossible position.
Letters from Limbo: Totem Poles
"Why, in the field of wind energy conflict, is so little known by so many?" asks the National Alliance of Wind Action Groups. Oh boy is that a question. And the answer has little to do with wind or energy. It is the result of a series of intertwined issues none of which can solely take the blame. A better question to ask is just what the hell is wrong with people???
In exploring this question I would first ask why it is that people no longer care about such matters, if indeed they ever did. I would guess that most people don't care where electricity comes from so long as it keeps coming. We only tend to involve ourselves in the technicalities when it becomes important to us personally.
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The government has the monopoly on social enterprise.
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the parents, now the third generation product of the welfare state, abdicate just about everything to schools and teachers, including sex education and basic morality. We have created a client state where the participation and engagement of the public is actively frowned upon
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Sell Academia Short - Access to Energy - Pro-Science, Pro-Technology, Pro-Freedom
We wish Bill Gates and all other entrepreneurs who have contributed greatly to the technological revolution the best. When, however, you look back on stock market results 20 years from now, among the most spectacular performers will be the corporations that replaced the current educational system. As things were two decades ago in Tele-cosm stocks, most of these corporations have not yet been noticed and, in many cases, do not yet even exist. Watch for them.
I predict that these will not be companies that are trying to use the new technologies as adjuncts to the current educational system. Nor will they be companies currently in the education business. These companies are too influenced by "experts'' to make a revolution.
At this time, three enormous forces are converging on the education industry - an industry that employs several million Americans at an annual cost of several hundred billion dollars.
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We wish Bill Gates and all other entrepreneurs who have contributed greatly to the technological revolution the best. When, however, you look back on stock market results 20 years from now, among the most spectacular performers will be the corporations that replaced the current educational system. As things were two decades ago in Tele-cosm stocks, most of these corporations have not yet been noticed and, in many cases, do not yet even exist. Watch for them.
I predict that these will not be companies that are trying to use the new technologies as adjuncts to the current educational system. Nor will they be companies currently in the education business. These companies are too influenced by "experts'' to make a revolution.
At this time, three enormous forces are converging on the education industry - an industry that employs several million Americans at an annual cost of several hundred billion dollars.
Books vs. 'Books' - Access to Energy - Pro-Science, Pro-Technology, Pro-Freedom
Where possible, the derivations and experimental observations were included in the text to encourage the student to evaluate them himself. As the misinformationists have worked their will on college text-books, the humanities have been the first to fall. Moral and ethical absolutes - right and wrong in human affairs - lack anchors in mathematical derivation. While there is a wealth of experimental observations in the histories of those peoples that have abandoned moral absolutes, this information is easily handled by simply not presenting it to the students. Labeling themselves with pseudoscientific labels such as "social science'' and "political science'' or with traditional labels such as "history'' and "literature,'' humanities curriculums have generally become unfit for human consumption.
Now, the sciences are being dragged down, too. While introductory chemistry books of the past restricted themselves to teaching fundamental physical principles on which a sound understanding of chemistry and of the scientific method could be built, current textbooks include politically correct chapters with contents that masquerade as facts on the basis of little more than their presence in a science book. Chemistry: The Central Science: Seventh Edition by Theodore L. Brown, H. Eugene LeMay, Jr., and Bruce E. Bursten, Prentice Hall (1997), which is the introductory chemistry text at Southern Oregon University, provides an example.
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Where possible, the derivations and experimental observations were included in the text to encourage the student to evaluate them himself. As the misinformationists have worked their will on college text-books, the humanities have been the first to fall. Moral and ethical absolutes - right and wrong in human affairs - lack anchors in mathematical derivation. While there is a wealth of experimental observations in the histories of those peoples that have abandoned moral absolutes, this information is easily handled by simply not presenting it to the students. Labeling themselves with pseudoscientific labels such as "social science'' and "political science'' or with traditional labels such as "history'' and "literature,'' humanities curriculums have generally become unfit for human consumption.
Now, the sciences are being dragged down, too. While introductory chemistry books of the past restricted themselves to teaching fundamental physical principles on which a sound understanding of chemistry and of the scientific method could be built, current textbooks include politically correct chapters with contents that masquerade as facts on the basis of little more than their presence in a science book. Chemistry: The Central Science: Seventh Edition by Theodore L. Brown, H. Eugene LeMay, Jr., and Bruce E. Bursten, Prentice Hall (1997), which is the introductory chemistry text at Southern Oregon University, provides an example.
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the June 1992 Rio de Janeiro United Nations conference on Environment and Development.
Educational Bottom - Access to Energy - Pro-Science, Pro-Technology, Pro-Freedom
While this story, even when told in detail, is a remarkable one, it is not a story of geniuses and revolutionary new ideas. It is largely a story of an education industry which has become so ridiculously ineffective and costly that six farm kids with a good work ethic and about a year of actual effort can blow a noticeable hole in it. Their "school'' is now larger in number of students than most American universities.
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While this story, even when told in detail, is a remarkable one, it is not a story of geniuses and revolutionary new ideas. It is largely a story of an education industry which has become so ridiculously ineffective and costly that six farm kids with a good work ethic and about a year of actual effort can blow a noticeable hole in it. Their "school'' is now larger in number of students than most American universities.
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It is traditional educational methods that work. These were developed by scholars during the past two millennia and adopted in the Eng-lish-speaking world during the past five centuries - all before the recent socialist school failures. Those methods - delivered inexpensively and effectively by 21st century technology - are superb. Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard and helped bring an information miracle to every home. Now public school "dropouts'' can extend this miracle using the PCs and Internet to obtain and deliver first-class education.
Why I Won't Have Any College Debt - The Boston Globe
Whether your child completes his education will be a function of his own drive and determination
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Whether your child completes his education will be a function of his own drive and determination
School Gate - Times Online - WBLG: Reading environmental propaganda to kids...
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while I'm all for recycling and doing our bit,
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not convinced that children (and their parents) should be so blatantly preached at through the books they read.
In tough times, consumers tend to trade down on college choices too -- chicagotribune.com
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it's the private schools of middling reputation or below that depend most heavily on tuition dollars. They are feeling the biggest squeeze from cheaper competition.
Four-year state schools are the "Toasted Oats" in this supermarket, and their popularity is on the rise. Also appealing are the oft-maligned two-year community colleges, the equivalent of those buy-one-get-one-free generics lining the bottom shelf. On the fringes, for-profit vendors offer an increasingly attractive alternative to the traditional menu. -
The key problem is the mismatch between college costs and family finances. Recognizing the hard times, most private universities will be boosting financial aid to attract students. But they can't completely compensate for the housing bust, market meltdown and brutal recession.
With household wealth in retreat, the pressure is on to trade down: A recent national survey found that 71 percent of high schools reported more students forgoing their dream schools this year than in the past. - 2 more annotations...
Multiculturalism and Curricula - Robinson Self-Teaching Homeschool Curriculum
reading, writing, and arithmetic;
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Your course is tough
Children Learn by Example - Robinson Self-Teaching Homeschool Curriculum
Academic study is only part of the home environment, but it is an essential part. This study best takes place in a quiet, comfortable atmosphere with an adult example nearby.
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Academic study is only part of the home environment, but it is an essential part. This study best takes place in a quiet, comfortable atmosphere with an adult example nearby.
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The tops of these desks should be completely clear of all items except those immediately in use.
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For Most People, College Is a Waste of Time - WSJ.com
The solution is not better degrees, but no degrees. Young people entering the job market should have a known, trusted measure of their qualifications they can carry into job interviews. That measure should express what they know, not where they learned it or how long it took them. They need a certification, not a degree.
The model is the CPA exam that qualifies certified public accountants. The same test is used nationwide. It is thorough -- four sections, timed, totaling 14 hours. A passing score indicates authentic competence (the pass rate is below 50%). Actual scores are reported in addition to pass/fail, so that employers can assess where the applicant falls in the distribution of accounting competence. You may have learned accounting at an anonymous online university, but your CPA score gives you a way to show employers you're a stronger applicant than someone from an Ivy League school.
The merits of a CPA-like certification exam apply to any college major for which the BA is now used as a job qualification.
The Ballad of John Singer by William Norman Grigg
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the real issue was no longer the rights of Singer or his children,
but rather the injury Singer's defiance had done to the institutional
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Writing with
reference to a familiar tactic, Joel
Skousen points out: "Notice, that if you ever resist bureaucratic
'law,' you are not prosecuted for resisting an inane and unconstitutional
law, but for 'defying the court' or 'resisting arrest.' Separating
the act of resistance from the initial law which motivated the act
is one of the slickest ways to bring a populace into line with bureaucratic
law."
XV. THE MARKET: The Selective Process
It is often asserted that the poor man's failure in the competition of the market is caused by his lack of education. Equality of opportunity, it is said, could be provided only by making education at every level accessible to all. There prevails today the tendency to reduce all differences among various peoples to their education and to deny the existence of inborn inequalities in intellect, will power, and character. It is not generally realized that education can never be more than indoctrination with theories and ideas already developed. Education, whatever benefits it may confer, is transmission of traditional doctrines and valuations; it is by necessity conservative. It produces imitation and routine, not improvement and progress. Innovators and creative geniuses cannot be reared in schools. They are precisely the men who defy what the school has taught them.
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It is often asserted that the poor man's failure in the competition of the market is caused by his lack of education. Equality of opportunity, it is said, could be provided only by making education at every level accessible to all. There prevails today the tendency to reduce all differences among various peoples to their education and to deny the existence of inborn inequalities in intellect, will power, and character. It is not generally realized that education can never be more than indoctrination with theories and ideas already developed. Education, whatever benefits it may confer, is transmission of traditional doctrines and valuations; it is by necessity conservative. It produces imitation and routine, not improvement and progress. Innovators and creative geniuses cannot be reared in schools. They are precisely the men who defy what the school has taught them.
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In order to succeed in business a man does not need a degree from a school of business administration. These schools train the subalterns for routine jobs. They certainly do not train entrepreneurs. An entrepreneur cannot be trained. A man becomes an entrepreneur in seizing an opportunity and filling the gap. No special education is required for such a display of keen judgment, foresight, and energy. The most successful businessmen were often uneducated when measured by the scholastic standards of the teaching profession. But they were equal [p. 315] to their social function of adjusting production to the most urgent demand. Because of these merits the consumers chose them for business leadership.
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