Hmm. Sounds interesting, but if that happens, their is the risk that schools could turn into recruiting grounds for big corporations
But seriously, say General Motors, or Locheed Martin or Microsoft starts a school. Wanna bet what sort of curriculm these companies will inforce: they'll make a hugely engineering based course, pick the best and say 'bad luck: enjoy Bumsville' to the rest.
Then GlaxoSmithKilne opens a medical based high school. And starts up a law school.
Not bad when you first think about it: but you risk less 'important' areas of the cirrculum slipping away. Who's going to teach Shakesphere anymore? Why bother teaching history from further back than the 1970's at Mircoschool?
If it's done, it has to be regulated. Which might bring us back to the same kerffule in the first place
Re:Learn for tests, that's all you need it for.
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'Teaching for the test' means that there is no dicussion of relevent, interesting and potentially useful material not in the circulum. When a student asks a question that isn't directly releated to the test, the teacher's won't answer it because it will be wasting time that needs to be spent ensuring the bonus checks.
Unlikely, but possible.
Learn for tests, that's all you need it for.
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This is a really bad idea. It will only encourage teaching for the test. I think the whole school culture has to be changed. You should be teaching to learn, not for tests. You need to make school enjoyable, not a torture system where you are forced to peform or else your teacher goes hungry? This idea total ignores the fact that your whether you get an A or not in a 8th grade science test will most likely not affect the rest of your life. If teachers are putting pressure on kids to perform, it will make school less enjoyable.
Also, this whole system is flawed into thinking that every class has an equal potential for results. Sadly it isn't. The whole thing will be like a lottery, seeing which teachers get the smart kids rather than the less smart ones.
Hmm.
I can easily see another 'Get the Facts' campaign, only this time targeted at the desktop. When the nice young man on the telly tells Grandma or Li' Susy that this new 'Linux' is unsupported, unworkable, unfixable, dangerous, begging to be rootkited and most importantly, 'uncool', the nice hackers down at the local LUG ain't gonna be able to convince them otherwise. Even if they do: it's a lose-lose situation. People believe what they hear first.
Solution: Red Hat, Canocial, OSI, FSF, anyone (Except Novell: you're one of them now), get on TV and show the ignorant masses how bad Windows is. Don't let MS get to the masses first.
If a scarce campaign is needed to save the world from FUD (both kinds), then a scare campaign it is.
Of course, it would be better to get people to switch due to the benfits of Linux, but it ain't gonna happen if Get The Facts comes back, especially with a vengance on the Linux desktop.
To me, buying a PS3 on launch day is the height of stupidity. Sorry to all the fanboys out their but please consider:
Price: The PS3 will come down in price. Firstly, histroically, all consoles do. I bought a PS2 not long after the launch (i.e. before the xbox) for about half the launch price. Secondly, the Wii and 360 are priced far below, so it's very unlikely that the PS3 won't come down in price fast.
Quality: How do you know if the PS3 is any good? Surely it makes sense to hang back, read some reviews and maybe even (gosh!) play the damn thing before you spend a ridiclous amount of money on it? Finally, often first series models are often dodgy (My mate bought an Xbox close to release, and it's broken about three times). In the words of Bart Simpsons: 'Don't you think you should have waited for them to iron out the kinks?' 'But son, it's a PS3!!!
I agree 100%. Especially since we are more and more studying 'opinion' pieces, but their is always one right opinion. For example, recently in class, I questioned the validity of the (Australian Indigenous) Stolen Generation: whether it was appropriate to call it a stolen generation. Was my opinion valued and discussed?
Of course not. I was shot down for being a "racist bigot" who should "actual learn" and that I needed to "get a heart".
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Put that up your pipe and smoke it NetBSD! You don't support Cell! So much for 'Of Course it Supports NetBSD!'
That comment is so ignorant, I'm gonna included an equally bigoted comment of my own!
Why not use Lebanon? They don't have any oil and the knowledge of the falafel has been safely exported.
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He needs to ease himself back to some sort of less addcitive gaming, like Line Rider.
Hmm. Sounds interesting, but if that happens, their is the risk that schools could turn into recruiting grounds for big corporations But seriously, say General Motors, or Locheed Martin or Microsoft starts a school. Wanna bet what sort of curriculm these companies will inforce: they'll make a hugely engineering based course, pick the best and say 'bad luck: enjoy Bumsville' to the rest. Then GlaxoSmithKilne opens a medical based high school. And starts up a law school. Not bad when you first think about it: but you risk less 'important' areas of the cirrculum slipping away. Who's going to teach Shakesphere anymore? Why bother teaching history from further back than the 1970's at Mircoschool? If it's done, it has to be regulated. Which might bring us back to the same kerffule in the first place
'Teaching for the test' means that there is no dicussion of relevent, interesting and potentially useful material not in the circulum. When a student asks a question that isn't directly releated to the test, the teacher's won't answer it because it will be wasting time that needs to be spent ensuring the bonus checks.
Unlikely, but possible.
This is a really bad idea. It will only encourage teaching for the test. I think the whole school culture has to be changed. You should be teaching to learn, not for tests. You need to make school enjoyable, not a torture system where you are forced to peform or else your teacher goes hungry? This idea total ignores the fact that your whether you get an A or not in a 8th grade science test will most likely not affect the rest of your life. If teachers are putting pressure on kids to perform, it will make school less enjoyable.
Also, this whole system is flawed into thinking that every class has an equal potential for results. Sadly it isn't. The whole thing will be like a lottery, seeing which teachers get the smart kids rather than the less smart ones.
It takes more than money to fix the system.
Hmm. I can easily see another 'Get the Facts' campaign, only this time targeted at the desktop. When the nice young man on the telly tells Grandma or Li' Susy that this new 'Linux' is unsupported, unworkable, unfixable, dangerous, begging to be rootkited and most importantly, 'uncool', the nice hackers down at the local LUG ain't gonna be able to convince them otherwise. Even if they do: it's a lose-lose situation. People believe what they hear first. Solution: Red Hat, Canocial, OSI, FSF, anyone (Except Novell: you're one of them now), get on TV and show the ignorant masses how bad Windows is. Don't let MS get to the masses first. If a scarce campaign is needed to save the world from FUD (both kinds), then a scare campaign it is. Of course, it would be better to get people to switch due to the benfits of Linux, but it ain't gonna happen if Get The Facts comes back, especially with a vengance on the Linux desktop.
I agree 100%. Especially since we are more and more studying 'opinion' pieces, but their is always one right opinion. For example, recently in class, I questioned the validity of the (Australian Indigenous) Stolen Generation: whether it was appropriate to call it a stolen generation. Was my opinion valued and discussed?
Of course not. I was shot down for being a "racist bigot" who should "actual learn" and that I needed to "get a heart".