Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[drstratton]

I prefer experts teach children too. Challenges are a key factor in intellectual growth and getting them at the right size for a learner takes deep wisdom. Some parents have this, most don't.

I prefer experts teach children too. Challenges are a key factor in intellectual growth and getting them at the right size for a learner takes deep wisdom. Some parents have this, most don't.

But sadly, that is not what is being done anymore...I believe education used to be like that, now they are just doing what @Shadrach said, teaching them what to think not how to think! There is an agenda and it's very scary for our future generations!

 

[BY Bob]

The other point is that many students have gaming habits which reward them for thinking within precise boundaries. Then it's harder for them to apply technical creativity when there are no boundaries. So meeting them at that point of naivety and gradually bringing them away from it is an important teaching task.

This is a very important concept. The ability to think of solutions outside of the confines of a problem is being lost early now. It used to take years of working at a job for that to happen. It is now complete before most individuals graduate from university.

 

[BY Bob]

My eldest became an accountant much to my disgust. Even worse, despite my aethism she decided to become a Catholic while still at school. I had to go to her baptism.
Strange really because the man she fell in love with and married in the end was a Polish man with a very traditional Catholic family. Maybe she knew...

You might say a higher power led her there. Well maybe not you.

 

[MaryJanet]

The socialization that they get in school is one of the main reasons why I homeschool.... there are much better ways of socializing than socializing with peers all day in school...

That's a very good point. I would have the same concerns in your shoes.

 

[drstratton]

I studied an emerging technology called a brain-computer interface to see whether it disrupts privacy (a bit of a no-brainer but I produced evidence for it from quantitative data) and how it disrupts privacy (a much more complex question because privacy is a social construct that varies from person to person and from context to context, so the answer was of course complex and multi-faceted and I drew it from qualitative data).

That's amazing and being the honest person that I try to be...way over my head!

 

[Shadrach]

You might say a higher power led her there. Well maybe not you.

I think it was lust Bob.....

 

[MaryJanet]

It seems a funny thing to complain about; my parents wanted me to go to university.

My dad wept on his deathbed because he wasn't allowed to go to uni.

 

[MaryJanet]

My eldest became an accountant much to my disgust. Even worse, despite my aethism she decided to become a Catholic while still at school. I had to go to her baptism.
Strange really because the man she fell in love with and married in the end was a Polish man with a very traditional Catholic family. Maybe she knew...

The thought of you at her baptism!! Your eyes must've been rolling non-stop!

 

[BY Bob]

Thank you for explaining!

I said "oh" in my head about five times as I read. Lots of new stuff in there for me.

Next question: can states raise taxes or is that a federal power? Here it's federal.

I'm thinking Pennsylvania could set a tax to better fund its state university if the people would like that to happen.

This gets complicated. Of course the people of Pennsylvania could raise taxes to pay more to the state schools.

Consider this though, the population of Pennsylvania is the second oldest in the nation. Second only to Florida. That means that there is a large group of voters on a fixed income. Every dollar they have is precious. In general, you can assume that they will not vote for any tax increase for any reason. It hurts them the most.

Every year Pennsylvania (PA) also leads the nation in youth brain drain. Those students that get educated in that state system of higher education, leave the state in droves after graduating. So the state just keeps getting older.

I'll give you an example. PA runs a state lottery. The proceeds from that lottery goes to support programs for the elderly. The state of Georgia also runs a state lottery. The proceeds from that state lottery goes to higher education. If you as a student that lives in Georgia, go to a state run university, your tuition is free as long as you maintain a 3.0 gpa.

 

[MaryJanet]

But sadly, that is not what is being done anymore...I believe education used to be like that, now they are just doing what @Shadrach said, teaching them what to think not how to think! There is an agenda and it's very scary for our future generations!

In Australia the schools that get it right are the public schools where the more seasoned teachers are incredibly skilled from bringing children along in spite of big challenges like no breakfast, locked out of the house so slept outside, unshowered, violence in the home etc