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Re: [Phys-L] US schools


On 2012, Jul 16, , at 08:18, John Denker wrote:

Now imagine a situation where company A is allowed to pick and
choose which segments of the market it will serve, while company
B is /required/ to serve the other segments at the same price.
This is a recipe for disaster. Company B will go bankrupt for
sure.


Mmmm FedX vs. USPS (UPS and FedX may charge more for isolated address or not even serve, not USPS, yet congress complains)


On 2012, Jul 16, , at 08:18, John Denker wrote:


For example: Suppose you are under contract to deliver widgets
to General Motors, or to deliver soft-drink syrup to McDonald's.
The buyer wants the stuff fully up to specifications, and exactly
on time. Now suppose that due to a flood or whatever, you are
unable to obtain the components and ingredients you need. If
you fail to make the delivery, there will be severe sanctions.
You could easily go bankrupt. Real-world businesses worry about
this all the time. The contract forces you to worry about it,
because as bad as your losses might be, the buyer's losses are
even greater, if you fail to make the delivery.


Incompetent attorneys here -- I though contracts include outs due to "acts of 'god'".

As an example OK, tho.


On 2012, Jul 16, , at 08:18, John Denker wrote:



On 07/10/2012 02:49 PM, Ze'ev Wurman wrote:

Education as a welfare for the society *at large* is mostly a 20th
century construct in this country.

a) Even if it were true, it would be irrelevant.
-- Spacetime is a 20th-century construct; that doesn't mean it is
a bad idea.
-- Similarly, antibiotics such as penicillin etc. are a 20th-century
construct; that doesn't mean they are a bad idea.
-- And so forth.

b) It's not true anyway. Horace Mann (1796 – 1859) would have
been amused to learn that public education was a "20th-century
construct."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Mann

c) Calling it "welfare" is nothing but name-calling. It is not an
acceptable substitute for actual evidence or reasoning.


thank-you.

I was going to point out much earlier from Germany.


The Prussian education system was a system of mandatory education dating to the early 19th century. Parts of the Prussian education system have served as models for the education systems in a number of other countries, including Japan and the United States.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prussian_education_system