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2naSalit

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1. And when they do get into college

Reply to caraher (Original post)

Sun Feb 10, 2013, 11:07 PM

Feb 2013

they will be taught to conduct research aimed at proving or indicating only what those corporations pay for them to find and indoctrinate them to become corporate zombies for meager pay, maybe if they are really good bronw-nosers.

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A warning to college profs from a high school teacher [View all] caraher Feb 2013 OP

And when they do get into college 2naSalit Feb 2013 #1

I don't believe that they are being taught to RoccoR5955 Feb 2013 #2

My kids are now in German schools flygal Feb 2013 #3

Its the start of the New Dark Ages... Moostache Feb 2013 #4

I have said this before... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2013 #6

+1 Blue_Tires Feb 2013 #17

Bingo! ReRe Feb 2013 #5

It's not just high school into college. phylny Feb 2013 #7

Teaching to the test is designed to instill subservience to authority. AdHocSolver Feb 2013 #8

Take the Fundamentals of engineering some time. Blanks Feb 2013 #10

There is a world of difference between grade school teaching and college level teaching. AdHocSolver Feb 2013 #11

I realize the engineering field isn't perfect. Blanks Feb 2013 #15

Appropriateness depends a lot on the purpose of the test caraher Feb 2013 #13

I appreciate your thoughtful response. Blanks Feb 2013 #14

The real problem is that public education isn't the kind of "closed system" engineering is caraher Feb 2013 #16

And it doesn't matter if its actually true or not. Dash87 Feb 2013 #20

Good article libodem Feb 2013 #9

Unfortunately for us, many of those corporations also own/control the schools..... DeSwiss Feb 2013 #12

The worst of it all is when a person boasts how they don't like reading. Neoma Feb 2013 #18

I am attending a community college. Brigid Feb 2013 #19