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Originally Posted by Mark Lapierre  Many of the replies to this thread seem to imply that those in control of the educational system have deliberately sculpted it to mass produce average suit-wearing mindless automatons.
I tend to see it differently. |
Actually, it would seem that in America, it was a deliberate design.
Semi-propaganda version:
The Marc Tucker "Dear Hillary" Letter
Straight from the horse's mouth version:
1 - Go to the congeressional record:
Congressional Record 105th Congress - THOMAS (Library of Congress)
2 - Search for "DOLLARS TO THE CLASSROOM ACT SCHAFFER"
3 - The first one that comes up is what you want:
"DOLLARS TO THE CLASSROOM ACT -- HON. BOB SCHAFFER (Extension of Remarks - September 25, 1998)"
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Originally Posted by Erock Scott. Help me. I am pretty much exactly like you except I haven't gone to college yet. I'm a senior in high school. I actually like my high school a lot, and I have a good group of friends which makes it alright, but I have noooo idea what to major in or what to do.
I really don't want to go to college for society's reasons. |
Going to college for the social experience is messed up, in my opinion. Not only are you earning zero dollars, but you are also spending about 100k total. I can think of MANY more fun things to do with 100k.
College helps you with a few things:
1: There are some jobs that you can not get w/o the degree. 2: If a degree is not absolutely required, the degree will help you get your FIRST job. After that, it's all about what experience you have.
America absolutely runs on the "Good Old Boys network." In other words, it's not what you know, it's WHO you know that counts.
To meet a lot of people and develop social skills, I would suggest a few things:
1:
Toastmasters.
2: Read "
Never Eat Alone" by Keith Ferrazzi
3: Join a club or two in an area of interest. Don't pick a club where people don't talk... (chess, bridge, ...) Take something strange like blacksmithing, or foreign languages, or knitting, or ...
4: Get a sales clerk job. Running a cash register forces you to interact with people. Just don't pick a massive place like WalMart... pick an area of interest... Computers? Electronics Boutique. Books? Barnes and Noble, etc.
My personal take on education is that public education is exactly what America needs. We need more factory workers. We need more WalMart greeters. We need more ditch diggers. We need more garbage collectors. Now, for my children, I will homeschool. I expect my children to be America's elite, not America's peons. For my part, I expect to retire very early so that both my wife and I can be fully involved in the lives of our children. Proper education is a life experience, not torture.
Let's face it. Most of us referred to public school as either an institution, or as a prison. Think about it. They tell you when to get up, when to report to your cell, when to eat, when to talk, when to remain silent, when to report to the next cell, etc. They even tell you when you can take a dump for christ sake! But that does work well for the factory workers 'though... Report to your station when the whistle blows, go to coffee/smoke break when the next whistle blows, then back to work, then to lunch, then back to work, then "clock out" and go home. Just like school. Most factory workers get two smoke breaks, and lunch. Most schools have morning and afternoon "recess" as well as lunch. Coincidence? or design?
--Doku