Have you seen the quality of school text books?

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Post #280,888

4/7/07 7:48:11 AM

Have you seen the quality of school text books?

They are frequently out of date, the writing is usually not very enticing to its audience not to mention sanitized of any real educational value.

I think it is good they are looking at alternatives way to help increase the quality of the education the state is providing, and investing in Michigan's future has been on of their main talking points during the budget debate, but I think from a pr perspective it wasn't a good move.

IMO I think they need to focus on increasing the desire of kids to learn in the first place and there is not a lot of proven methods to do this other than having quality teachers.

Seamus

Post #280,971

4/8/07 2:24:05 AM

What..? you would deprive these tykes of the opportunity

to be harvested by their local, state, national and intl purveyors of shiny trinkets?! -- clever machines artfully designed to Fill All Time; meant to keep their attention span short, their desire for gratification instant, above all: to maintain their individual-$$ tithes flowing to --> the Interested Parties?

Why would a kid want to find out about valence? when s/he can replay Who Shot Liberty Valance endlessly, effortlessly - while simultaneously plugged-in to the latest variation on an atavistic drum riff, likely in a loop (who could tell). And all: ever such s o o t h i n g . . . repetition as becomes Habit.

Do you mean to destroy the incomes, aspirations for Second Homes/boats/UAVs of all those tireless hawkers of the devices which.. can free a young mind of All Difficult Work, henceforth?

Fie on thee, antiCapitalist lackey!
Knowest thee Not.. the Ends to which thy daily jobs are directed, within those utterly Econ-Efficient orgs? They who cleanest thy cubicles, reformulate thy Human Relations and create Professional Meetings in order to fill thee with similar Aspirations..

You would frustrate *their* desires??

Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies.
--James M Dakin

When are you MI guys gonna clean house - (bepatient) - (14) - April 6, 2007, 03:23:16 PM EDT

You just don't get it, do you. - (tuberculosis) - April 6, 2007, 03:46:03 PM EDT

The state is in a budget crisis - (Seamus) - (12) - April 6, 2007, 05:08:33 PM EDT

Don't get me started on NJ - (bepatient) - (11) - April 6, 2007, 06:45:22 PM EDT

I don't know what they were thinking - (Seamus) - (9) - April 6, 2007, 06:52:38 PM EDT

Devil's Advocate time. - (Another Scott) - (8) - April 6, 2007, 07:38:09 PM EDT

News article - (bepatient) - (7) - April 6, 2007, 09:06:04 PM EDT

Thanks. - (Another Scott) - (6) - April 6, 2007, 10:02:11 PM EDT

I still think its idiocy - (bepatient) - (5) - April 6, 2007, 10:05:50 PM EDT

Have you priced books lately? ;-) -NT - (Another Scott) - (2) - April 6, 2007, 10:24:08 PM EDT

Have you seen the quality of school text books? - (Seamus) - (1) - April 7, 2007, 07:48:11 AM EDT

What..? you would deprive these tykes of the opportunity - (Ashton) - April 8, 2007, 02:24:05 AM EDT

Sounds like what they are doing.... - (Simon_Jester) - (1) - April 8, 2007, 08:59:37 AM EDT

Another potential advantage-especially in Detroit. 55kB img - (Another Scott) - April 8, 2007, 05:00:01 PM EDT

No... Bill, you mis-understand. - (folkert) - April 6, 2007, 07:19:31 PM EDT

I would never pay to play something like this.
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