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Re:Some school districts plan to end the year early, call re... by ardy42 on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @07:43PM (#23013529)
> Does the equation change if you get the best teacher in the world via video vs just an average teacher live?

That's a really weird way of thinking about it. You're completely ignoring the relational aspect of learning and focusing exclusively on the artifact of a particular presentation of some content. You also seems to be assuming that everyone learns the same way without variation. Commodification and mass production are improvements in a lot of areas, but not all.

I don't think you can rank the teachers of the world from best to worst, when often the best teacher is a good-enough one that understands you.

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Re:Some school districts plan to end the year early, call re... by zarkov99 on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @09:01PM (#23014083)
Well, sure, I guess. I suppose a great teacher can be a positive influence beyond academics in some ineffable ways. However, as far my kids are concerned, my wife and I can provide the positive influence and the teacher can handle the academics. And that aspect of the teachers job is much more quantifiable and there are definitely people who are much better than others at it.
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