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Do you really believe that some internet videos are going to replace human contact with regard to teaching? I would consider my experience with education sub-p
by hobs 8y ago
Do you really believe that some internet videos are going to replace human contact with regard to teaching?
I would consider my experience with education sub-par at best, but even I know that this will NEVER be the case.
- Kephael 8y agoYes, we don't need one teacher to baby sit 28 students. The current model is just an employment program for teachers who'd otherwise be working retail.
- harimau777 8y agoTwo thoughts: Are you saying that a teacher should be able to babysit more that 28 students or that a teacher shouldn't be working as a babysitter? It seems to me that as a practical matter "babysitting" is an inherent part of a teachers job (particularly in lower grades) and that's probably something that they cannot do efficiently much above 28 students. Second, my understanding is that teacher to student ratios is one of the major metrics used to identify the health of a school. Granted, since I don't personally know the data behind that, this is effectively an "appeal to authority", but it still strikes me as reasonable to put some stock in the expert's opinions.
- dang 8y agoWould you please stop posting flamebait comments to HN? We ban accounts that do that. If you'd instead review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and take the spirit of this site more to heart, we'd be grateful. Here's one of them: "Comments should get more civil and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive."