Re:Disrespect in Education (2014)
by TheOtherHobbes on Friday April 03, 2015 @09:36AM
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That's a function of available resources.
With more resources for teaching it would be perfectly possible for schools to look for individual talent and work to develop it.
Supposedly the better private - public in the UK - schools try to do this already. With fees as they are, they certainly have the resources for it.
I know someone who went through public school and was in a music class of exactly two pupils. The school also worked hard to provide relevant professional contacts.
So with someone talented, a teacher wouldn't be thinking about limited time, but about whether there were any local startups/companies who might want an intern.
It's not disrespect by the teachers, so much as disrespect by a political system that tries to limit these kinds of opportunity to a tiny fraction of the population.
With more resources for teaching it would be perfectly possible for schools to look for individual talent and work to develop it.
Supposedly the better private - public in the UK - schools try to do this already. With fees as they are, they certainly have the resources for it.
I know someone who went through public school and was in a music class of exactly two pupils. The school also worked hard to provide relevant professional contacts.
So with someone talented, a teacher wouldn't be thinking about limited time, but about whether there were any local startups/companies who might want an intern.
It's not disrespect by the teachers, so much as disrespect by a political system that tries to limit these kinds of opportunity to a tiny fraction of the population.