Herb,
I'm having a hard time telling if your tongue is being firmly held in
cheek?
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Joel Rauber
Department of Physics - SDSU
Joel.Rauber@sdstate.edu
605-688-4293
| > I don't think it is any great surprise that the
| educational system
| > is floundering aimlessly. How can we possibly design a
| system when we
| > can't agree on its purpose? Every educational study has working
| > assumptions, and therein lie the roots of its legitimacy. How many
| educators will
| > agree with those assumptions?
| > Has there ever been an attempt to make a statement that
| defines the
| > purpose of the system?
| >
| > Is the purpose of school to serve the individual, or is
| it to serve
| > the society in which he lives? Are those purposes congruent?
| >
| > Fred Bucheit
|
| I disagree that our educational system is floundering
| aimlessly. Unlike other countries, we really do not have a
| national educational sysem here. Each of our 50 states has
| its own requirements and its own courses of study. Does
| anyone know of a country that has done better??
|
| Herb Gottlieb
| From New York City
|