Is "Education" Good for Our Children?

hmmm . . . are you sure you are being factual and true?
teachers do not, as a rule, punish creativity.

 

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Yes education is essential for our children.But i cannot have the opinion that it meet their requirements ,needs etc.Our education consists of number of limitations.

 

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Well education is filled with flaws, we recognized that. But we must understand that we live in a credential society , so to my fellow students slowly accumulating school debts , get you credentials.

I agree with the thread started however what happens after I drop out and become an entrepreneur and it fails? It might be wise to do both. Follow your dreams as well as have a safety net open to whatever comes along.

 

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QFT.

In worst case scenario, I even think that education is more like obedience school than any way to bring the best of men. But that's worst case, because there are still some things I'm thankful for about school.

 

That's what I'm doing. But most people would have to accumulate a lot of school debt instead of useful debt, like business debt. :shrug:

 

Truthseeker , what type of business are you involved in? And did you attend college ?

 

Ha, education is wasted on the young!

State/government education appears to be about (trying to) teach the brats the rudimentaries; reading, writing, arithmetic and how to get along. It's a one size fits all situation but it is relatively cheap. Unfortunately one size does not fit all and if you spend any time at all with children you can tell which are 'away with the fairies' and not suited to the system (quite a few!). But you know there are parents/guardians and other family members who should take some responsibility by encouraging their children to think, make their own decisions (within reason) and ask questions. Lots of them.....

 

I'm an accountant. I have a diploma.

 

Yes, education is essential. If what you take from it is how to be a good employee, that's mostly your own fault.

 

I can definitly see where you are coming from, but children need to be educated since it is not like they will know what they want to do when they get older.

 

Is is possible that the knowledge you learned about business was obtain from the accounting aspect? If it wasn't for your experiences via the accounting rout would you be as prepared and successful ?

Im not attacking , its just there are sides to every argument.

 

And the secondrate stuff, that the kids did while thinking about video games, is running our corporations, designing our infrastructure, doing our books, processing our words, etc.

It's as if we were driving cars designed by gearheads whose real love was racing them - - - wait a minute - - -

 

I'm not quite sure what Toffler's message is. Is he advising that all the people who make the world go round just stop what theyre doing and live in a little virtual cubby hole...like him?

Incredible his contempt for those who put bread in his mouth and a roof over his head...or sew his arm back on when he gets in a car accident.

The clothes he wears are made by people too...he just cant see them because they happen to live on the opposite side of the planet.

I have slightly less than ninety clients and I cant think of even one who can work entirely from home. They might do homework on their computer, but they still have to engage flesh and blood, bricks and mortar encounters with their boss, co-workers, students and customers.

Few of them shop online...I do more of that myself, and they are FAR more mobile than the average of fifty years ago...esp. air travel for both business and pleasure.

 

Part of it. But there is a lot that the schools don't teach. And hose things they don't teach are crucial to your success as an entrepreneur. You see... they don't train you to become an entrepreneur at college, they train you to become an employee. Of course, I knew I could use my academic knowledge to succeed as an entrepreneur. Specially as an accountant. I chose accounting because it helps me create an abstract picture of any business and understand what the numbers mean. It's like I'm able to see how everything fits together. That's why I chose accounting. Well, one of the reasons. The other reason I chose it is because I want to erradicate world poverty, and I thought knowing a lot about how money works could be helpful.

Sometimes academic knowledge is even distracting. But it does help, yes.

No, that's fine. I like your questions.

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There were things in my career as a public school student that were certainly lacking, but in light of those things, I feel that I was lucky as I had a chance to learn from some really brilliant teachers and also from some of my fellow students.

If I have a vendetta with the education system, I would have to say it'd be about the way that some students aren't able to reach their full potential due to other [shall we say.. less-gifted individuals] getting in the way, disrupting things, discouraging others [the list could go on]..

Whitewolf: 'For the love of God don't educate your children!'
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So.. what? You'd rather give rise to ignorant and morally bankrupt heathen children, especially in this age when education is everything? Right.

 

Is education good for children? yes.

Schooling? no.

 

Thanks.