Wednesday 18 January 2012

educating for our real world

I picked up 2 very good stories on how education, even when it is done
properly, is not preparing children for life. Many kids are cunning
enough to see that schools and the oligarchs are just pulling our chains.

They're preparing us for a life of survitude.

Well, there are two answers to this. The first is from Reggie Middleton,
the market analyst. the one above is from JS Kim, another excellent
market analyst.

Now, I don't agree with everything they say, but I don't know if I'll have
time to question some of this stuff. But, their ideas are generally good, and
their proof is fairly clear and convincing, so, no rants here.

I also don't think they're saying that everybody should be a derivatives broker.


- 4:00 Reggie starts
- 9:00 INCL. LAZY RICH. Defend their position.
Rot causes poor economy
- Students as foder for rich - (agrees with Kim) "caste system"
- Rules made by rich. Break the rules to succeed
- 25:00 Demetri on an example of stupidity and gov waste
- 26:00 stupidity and building towers of babel and ego

Wealth creation. Money=proxy for labour
Test-taking is useless (agrees with Kim)
Grammar not most important.
True, but Reggie's grammar is sometimes dangerously bad.