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Wouldn't it be cool if we stopped raising employees and started raising CEOs?
@realcaseyrollins I'm not sure how that would work out. Becoming a CEO is even more stressful and there are fewer positions. Unless you mean we're all going to become self-employed?
@sim Ah I meant raising entrepreneurs
@realcaseyrollins Hmm. Not sure how that would look but it would likely benefit everyone to some degree. I mean, there are skillsets you need to become an entrepreneur that just isn't taught in schools right now but would benefit you even if you were an employee, you know? Mostly relating to communication, getting/negotiating contracts and earning the confidence you need to make it. Maybe also how to handle stress.
@sim @realcaseyrollins in my view public schools have largely served as a future employee indoctrination system. Where can one develop entrepreneurial skills if the hidden curriculum is trying to instill obedience and rule-following into you?
@hector @realcaseyrollins I mean, the way that the education system is run certainly does that. You have to wear the school uniform, you have to be there and on time, you have to follow whatever rules are set. But other than that, I don't think my lessons taught me anything about how to be a good employee. It certainly didn't give me the right skillsets. It's more about getting through the exams, and then off you go to the next stage. When you get to the workplace you are not prepared for it.
@realcaseyrollins That's the thing, I watched one of the hearings on Common Core math, one of the Congressmen asked how this was going to affect kids that don't need the stuff and get bored by it, and the Common Core dude said that the target was the kids that are lagging, not the kids that are able to understand math.
Public school was always a garbage fire, this is worse.
Public school was always a garbage fire, this is worse.
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Its about having everyone pass and indoctrination rather than education. Its honestly pathetic
Its about having everyone pass and indoctrination rather than education. Its honestly pathetic
@jasonl8446 @realcaseyrollins It's rent-seeking. CEO's kid is going to private school, CEO's kid doesn't have to deal with Common Core bullshit.
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Race to the bottom.
It's like Kurt Vonnegut's short story, "Harrison Bergeron" about an "equal" society.
@phicyclist @realcaseyrollins I think they're legit trying to keep the bottom at the bottom.
