Too Many of America’s Smartest Waste Their Talents (2018)

Re:Too Many of America’s Smartest Waste Their Talents (2018) by ikeyany on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @04:46PM (#23470716)

Society values teaching quite a bit actually. People pay thousands upon thousands for private schools, tutors, and specialized classes.

It's the citizenry that we deem worthless. That's why there's no money in public education.

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Re:Too Many of America’s Smartest Waste Their Talents (2018) by LatteLazy on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @04:55PM (#23470798)

Yes, that's correct. I should have drawn a line between the two.

But then of course, you're encouraging the exact thing the author objects to: private institutions for people who actually care (and have some cash to prove it)

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Re:Too Many of America’s Smartest Waste Their Talents (2018) by ikeyany on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @09:09PM (#23472786)

The implication is that society has the incorrect values.

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Re:Too Many of America’s Smartest Waste Their Talents (2018) by osdiab on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @03:58AM (#23474932)

Or at least that government has the incorrect values which may or may not align with those of society at large (I would argue, not)

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Re:Too Many of America’s Smartest Waste Their Talents (2018) by photonemitter on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @05:18PM (#23471022)

Society values education, not necessarily teaching, it seems.

For an outsider looking in at the US, it looks like they do not really value teachers (compared to professors) much. Not by the economic measure at least.

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