Re: 1958 Crisis in education

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From: maus
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 07:09

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On 2018-07-17, Quadibloc <jsa...@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
> On Monday, July 16, 2018 at 8:29:12 PM UTC-6, J. Clarke wrote:
>
>> And now we disdain vo-tech as "the dummy track" and don't have
>> "commercial" programs at all in most schools.
>
> What's the point of teaching kids to do jobs that either are done in China or are 
> done by computers? The educational system can't take the place of the economy.
>
> John Savard

China shows signs of `levelling out', i.e. the great mass of
'lumpenproletariat(sp?' is disappearing with birth-control.

I am unimpressed with computers in real life. a local expert in AI was 
interviewed a couple of weeks ago on radio. He pointed out that if
the is a water leak in your house, you will call a plumber, and that job
can not be taken by AI.

-- 
greymaus.ireland.ie
Will Rant for Food

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