Scientists. The new gods.

[Almighty Colin]

Originally posted by Peaches@Feb 5 2004, 09:49 AM
So...what does everyone think about school vouchers? I'm personally for them as I see them as a way tax payers can finally pick a sector where their tax money goes and think public schools will try harder with direct competition, among other pluses.

It's evolution. Competition with culling is the way to go.

Competition between classmates.
Competition between teachers.
Competition between schools.

Not to say I support any particular plan (Bush I, Bush II) but I like the general idea.

A lot of the discussion points can be answered by one's opinion of what the role of education is.

Due to politics some people want to make sure poor students get a fair education. Others are more concerned that the best students get the best education. If everyone gets the same education then of course, the best students are getting an education less than they can handle. So some genius - probably in 19th Century Prussia - decides we need varying levels of classes in our Uber school system. "Advanced placement". "Remedial classes". Then it's realized that some poorer school districts don't even have enough students to warrant having an AP class. Ax the AP class. But, but, but ... Round and round it goes.

The simplest solution is a robot instructor for every student that designs a course based upon their progress. ;-)