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- From: brian@quake.sylmar.ca.us (Brian K. Yoder)
- Subject: Re: Magnet schools
- Message-ID: <C0MwHM.so@quake.sylmar.ca.us>
- Organization: Quake Public Access
- References: <1993Jan07.182300.7993@eng.umd.edu> <86362@ut-emx.uucp> <1993Jan09.051645.7327@eng.umd.edu>
- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 10:44:09 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan09.051645.7327@eng.umd.edu> clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles Lin) writes:
- > There is another way, but it may end up with problems similar to
- >the ones in Japan. Tie everything into education. Make the top
- >positions only available to those who graduate from the top schools.
- >While this is perhaps even more controversial, it would certainly
- >make education VERY important. The bad news is that it would stress
- >getting certain scores on tests, and doing well on exams above all else,
- >and that doing well, not for learning's sake, but to get good jobs.
-
- The obvious flaw here is that it assumes that the only (or most important)
- way to learn something is by sitting in a classroom listening to a
- professor. By this standard, Thomas Edison couldn't get a job as anything
- better than a bottle washer, and Steve Jobs wouldn't make it out of the mail
- room.
-
- --Brian
-