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Fuel the Enlightenment

A Conversation with US Chief Economist Austan Goolsbee

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mta
Posts: 4
Posted: 11.06.09, 03:52 PM
The fight over educational standards is a war of attrition being waged on the public schools. Why oh why can liberals not see this? Standards will never produce quality education.

Human beings of true talent and inspiration are not inspired by hitting arbitrary markers, often put in place and enforced by their intellectual and creative inferiors. Let our kids' exploratory minds soar. Provide them with tools and guidance and evidence of others success. Then and only then will their interest be piqued and their true potential made manifest.
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Aaberg
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Posted: 11.06.09, 05:26 PM
I'm not sure I'm getting what you're saying? I, for one, am sure I would not have understood integral and differential equations had it not been for my teacher.
Your methodology seems very much applicable for lower-grade classes, but kids too make cost-benefit analysis on what they want to do, often with little regards to the future. So if you were told to study something, with no measurement of whether you actually did some studying, chances are you're not going to study that hard.
For the kids who already have an interest for the subject, it's not a problem, but for everyone else, you end up with adults lacking many basic skills.
But in line of your thoughts, I agree to a large extent that it's not what you teach the kids to know, but instead how to think. Be inquisitive. Ask questions. Don't take answers such as "Because I said so" for valid.
That will help all children out of getting scammed later in life.
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AmayaW
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Posted: 11.27.09, 12:30 AM
I'm not sure but I'm wondering why most of Americans don't finish college. They are mostly with blue collar jobs and so fund with bank debts. wDebt consolidation is a well known management strategy that combines existing debts into a new single loan called a consolidation loan. Many debtors secure consolidation loans from banks or credit unions. Most consolidation loans have a fixed term, generally 3 to 5 years. While consolidation loans do have advantages, note that new debts you incur after getting one will not be included in your consolidation loan payments.
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