But, wait........every education-themed discussion I see on any online gun forum insists that teachers are overpaid & higher education is a waste of time! The interwebs simply can't be wrong! [Rant1]
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But, wait........every education-themed discussion I see on any online gun forum insists that teachers are overpaid & higher education is a waste of time! The interwebs simply can't be wrong! [Rant1]
Higher pay != smarter people, and "higher ed" isn't for everyone. I don't think a degree in Women's Studies helps anyone.Quote:
Originally Posted by hatidua
Football is more important than math! Cheerleading is more important than science! This what I learned in American school...
IMHO, Japanese education system is a great example of high learning standard with much less creativity, leadership, and entrepreneurship. It's more cultural thing... why Brazil with it's abundant natural resources, descent human resources is still decades if not ions from being a developed country. Why a small country island like Singapore encourage a few years worth of real world experience over a bachelor degree by the time you are 22.Quote:
Originally Posted by hatidua
I believe in American exceptionalism. While education has NEVER been American's top field, the free market allows anyone with the courage and willingness to start his/her own business/ pursuit of his/her dream to succeed. When you were in Indonesia, did you notice how many engineers, phd are so good with theories/studies/books yet when it comes to real life experience, a handyman or a machine operator out of US can out think them in problem solving?
Hence the last paragraph of the linked article...
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While older American adults (aged 55-65) scored better than any other country, young adults did just the opposite: They were the most computer-challenged of the 20 participating countries (p. 110).
We keep turning out lazy, egotistical retards and some people wonder what the problem is. ARRGGGG
But at least we feel good about ourselves! /sarcQuote:
Originally Posted by Kmanbay
Recent, local, and fine example of our students today... http://www.chieftain.com/news/pueblo...blo-cunningham
I had to look all of them up to post that. Don't feel bad. I've never posted a tweet.Quote:
Originally Posted by mountainjenny
I'll probably need therapy and a band aid because I rarely agree with you... But that was funny.Quote:
Originally Posted by generalmeow
This is not a "survey" in which we want to rank highly.
The OECD is a Progressive Global Economy group of pricks based out of Paris. Their "survey" agenda is purely political.
From the Forward to the survey report: http://www.oecd.org/site/piaac/Skill...10%202013).pdf
(Emphasis Mine)
If there is one central message emerging from this new survey, it is that what people know and what they do with what
they know has a major impact on their life chances. The median hourly wage of workers who can make complex
inferences and evaluate subtle truth claims or arguments in written texts is more than 60% higher than for workers who
can, at best, read relatively short texts to locate a single piece of information. Those with low literacy skills are also more
than twice as likely to be unemployed. The survey also shows that how literacy skills are distributed across a population
has significant implications on how economic and social outcomes are distributed within the society. If large proportions
of adults have low reading and numeracy skills, introducing and disseminating productivity-improving technologies
and work-organisation practices can therefore be hampered. But the impact of skills goes far beyond earnings and
employment. In all countries, individuals with lower proficiency in literacy are more likely than those with better
literacy skills to report poor health, to believe that they have little impact on political processes, and not to participate in
associative or volunteer activities. In most countries, they are also less likely to trust others.
These results, and results from future rounds of the survey, will inform much of the analysis contained in subsequent
editions of the Outlook. The Outlook will build on the extensive body of OECD work in education and training, including
findings from its Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and its policy reviews of vocational education
and training, and its work on skills, particularly the Skills Strategy – the integrated, cross-government framework developed
by experts across the Organisation to help countries understand more about how to invest in skills in ways that will
transform lives and drive economies. The OECD Skills Outlook will show us where we are, where we need to be, and
how to get there if we want to be fully engaged citizens in a global economy.
To me, it appears that a low score denotes independent thinking.
No wonder Japan ranks highly across the survey.
Take note of the politics of each nation in the survey and how they are arranged in the results.