I think it is more about HOW we do school instead of school
itself. One irritating thing is the adoption of every new
program (aka fad) out there if there is some link with that
program and increased test scores. It's kind of like the diet
industry.

-Fat is the problem. -No, it is just saturated fat. -Carbs are
the problem. -No, it is just sugar. -Exercise is all you have to
do. -It's all about calories in vs calories out. you don't have
to exercise. -Crunches shrink your waist. -Cardio burns the most
fat. -Steady state low intensity cardio is the best for weight
lost. (The "fat loss zone" on those machines). -High intensity
interval training is the best way to lose weight. -Resistance
training is the best way to lose weight. -Etcertera -Green tea
helps with weight loss.

Don't you feel like we are sold on things like this by the
education industry/colleges?

On 11/03/09, often wrote:
> On 11/03/09, teacher wrote:
>> Not education, but school. Those are two totally different
>> things.
>
> I've thought a lot along these lines. If you want to think
> more along the same line, read John Taylor Gatto's Dumbing Us
> Down. A Place Called School is also a good read but not a fun
> one.
>
> I think some schools are complete bunk. I think most schools
> are pointed in the wrong direction. Education is of course
> valid, enlightening, worthy and good but few schools seem to
> be about education really. Many of our school policies seem
> to run counter to learning.
> If for example schools were really to be about learning, why
> do we have so many kids in each school and in each class? I
> came to think it's just a lie to say that schools are about
> learning. If they were, we would have designed school
> differently than we did.
> School is some process contrived to contain kids each day and
> any learning that happens there is wonderful. But yes,
> school, not education seems to have a lot of bunk in it.

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