Thread: Etucaton

Originally Posted by sgthuskey

MickR,
I don't think that only the military is having this problem. I was reading somewhere about how much money companies spend to reeducated people they hire. Wish I could remember where. They were saying that some companies are looking into hiring young people before they go to college and just educate them theirselves. It would save them money in the long run. Train them to do the job right in the first time. More of an apprenticeship, and this was referring to management level jobs.

No problems. Like I alluded to, I really don't know the situation or the systems in place in the U.S.


Mick

As far as teachers go how much value "we" place on them may be gaged by how much we pay them. They'll never get rich.

As for the military, since there is no longer a draft they have had to lower the standards for educational level based on pre and post enlistment testing as well as allowing some criminal offenders in for the first time in history. If there had been a draft we probably would have never went to Iraq and we certainly wouldn't have been there as long as we have. That is another story though.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

I saw an article that said a very large percentage of people taking the written test for the military can't pass it with the most minimal of score.

That got me to thinking with all the attention being thrown to testing and standards in schools what's going on?

You see the school system is the most important place to begin the reshaping of society. Yea they always talk (the politicians) about improving things but thats just window dressing. Those rich folks who control everything have it in their best interests to have a stupid and ignorant population. One that can be manipulated so that instead of focusing on the true enemy of the people and making informed decisions about elections and general affairs they will believe what they are told without question by shills of the rich. The population will accept the fact the enemy is amongst themselves thereby ignoring the true fight. So the state of affairs with education is the way it is because that is what they really want.

That's the way I see it.

You know, I've wondered if this is true. No child left behind was so inept and damaging to the school system that it almost seemed purposeful. My mom is a retired school teacher. The stories she tells about the current education system are really astonishing--she subs sometimes, so is up on current events. For instance, teachers are being held accountable for students grades, and get in trouble if they fail. So you can guess what happens, everybody passes. They don't even have to do any work....