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I don't believe we are in disagreement. I would be surprised if there more than a small population of people who were against others getting education. Thelack

by lovich 9y ago

I don't believe we are in disagreement. I would be surprised if there more than a small population of people who were against others getting education. Thelack of faith is coming from colleges, on average, providing a more and more mediocre education that could be replaced by the internet and some decication, while also increasing their costs drastically. When charted by price increase tuition outstrips housing and healthcare which ,I at least would, have considered to have skyrocketed in the past few decades[1] This is all for static information. Math doesn't change, basic comp sci algorithms don't change, classical mechanics don't change, and basic chemistry doesn't change. These arguments might not hold for graduate degrees or higher but most Americans are experiencing the undergraduate programs [1http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/4d77553fcadcbb551d260000/chart.gif http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/4d77553fcadcbb551d2...

lsc 9y ago
eh, I think the fundamental bit is that teaching is still skilled labor done by humans; we try to automate and scale it, but then it... kind of becomes a different thing. MOOCs are great; I love Khan Academy; but it's not college. it is a different thing that has advantages and disadvantages. In the end, if you want a good teacher, you need someone who is both inspiring and who understands the edges of the particular field to teach, and those people have other options when it comes to the job market. My impression is that wages for skilled in-demand labor have been going up with housing, healthcare and education... in fact, my impression is that the wages in-demand labor can demand drives the first two of those things. I thought the third was driven by lack of government investment; colleges are a lot less subsidized than they used to be.

by lovich 9y ago

lsc 9y ago

eh, I think the fundamental bit is that teaching is still skilled labor done by humans; we try to automate and scale it, but then it... kind of becomes a different thing. MOOCs are great; I love Khan Academy; but it's not college. it is a different thing that has advantages and disadvantages. In the end, if you want a good teacher, you need someone who is both inspiring and who understands the edges of the particular field to teach, and those people have other options when it comes to the job market. My impression is that wages for skilled in-demand labor have been going up with housing, healthcare and education... in fact, my impression is that the wages in-demand labor can demand drives the first two of those things. I thought the third was driven by lack of government investment; colleges are a lot less subsidized than they used to be.