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My point is that many advances can be had without getting rid of public education, those advances are not of only marginal utility and they do not compete with

My point is that many advances can be had without getting rid of public education, those advances are not of only marginal utility and they do not compete with changing public education. You frame everything in terms of libertarianism unnecessarily and dismissing positives because they don't advance your ideology seems unwise.

Prrometheus 18y ago
I think we both have valid points. If the internet were as developed when I was in school as it is today, I would have still been bored in school but I would have learned a lot more after I got home from school. On net, I probably would have been better educated. We CAN still improve education while the 30-40 hours spent at school each week are a complete write-off. I still think we would have a better world if that were not the case.
- greendestiny 18y ago
  I agree, especially since I support voucher systems. In truth though, I think technological and other improvements in education will lead to the education freedom we both want, rather than the other way round. Innovations in learning could render the whole public education system outdated, whereas at the moment alternatives don't impress me.
  - Prrometheus 18y ago
    I apologize, I've edited my comments on this thread substantially because I misread your comments the first time around. Also, I have a tendancy to post a "first-draft" comment and then edit it to be better over time, which is annoying to others because every draft is public.
    - greendestiny 18y ago
      No worries, I get that, I think the thread still makes sense. Always in this sort of thread I'm left wondering whether the initial conflict (when I generalize about your opinions) is a necessary sort of dramatic tension to draw out further discussion. I guess any opinion has unstated qualifiers, but starting with them seems to unsatisfying.

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My point is that many advances can be had without getting rid of public education, those advances are not of only marginal utility and they do not compete with

by greendestiny 18y ago

Prrometheus 18y ago
I think we both have valid points. If the internet were as developed when I was in school as it is today, I would have still been bored in school but I would have learned a lot more after I got home from school. On net, I probably would have been better educated. We CAN still improve education while the 30-40 hours spent at school each week are a complete write-off. I still think we would have a better world if that were not the case.
- greendestiny 18y ago
  I agree, especially since I support voucher systems. In truth though, I think technological and other improvements in education will lead to the education freedom we both want, rather than the other way round. Innovations in learning could render the whole public education system outdated, whereas at the moment alternatives don't impress me.
  - Prrometheus 18y ago
    I apologize, I've edited my comments on this thread substantially because I misread your comments the first time around. Also, I have a tendancy to post a "first-draft" comment and then edit it to be better over time, which is annoying to others because every draft is public.
    - greendestiny 18y ago
      No worries, I get that, I think the thread still makes sense. Always in this sort of thread I'm left wondering whether the initial conflict (when I generalize about your opinions) is a necessary sort of dramatic tension to draw out further discussion. I guess any opinion has unstated qualifiers, but starting with them seems to unsatisfying.