Re: Mind's Eye Some Education

Education, leading to some wisdom in which our critical view may take
root, takes time... yes, Knowledge >>> Attitude >>> Application >>>
Skills involves a process of incubation, and Time.

Now, the time required for specific knowledge-to-skill acquisition
process to complete differs with different people, for a variety of
reasons and factors involved.

So, the society - education industry - only promises to deliver the
knowledge, leaving our any committment to orienting the student's
attitude, willing to apply and learn from it, and its maturation into
an integrated perspective and life skills.

The education just delivers the knowledge, the " facts," to meet a
schedule. What a stated " fact " means, in association with others
stated and unstated, is upto the student to discover.

It may happen tommorow, take a lifetime, or may never emerge !

On Apr 14, 3:01 am, James Lynch <ashkas...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think education is a mixing pot. Remove the social factors and I
> think US public education is good, here in the states we believe in
> solving social problems by expanding the prison system. o.0 The
> solutions I keep hearing from people in the past year are bizarre,
> vigilante militia with public executions sort of stuff. It makes me
> wonder if it's a meme I'm missing or something. Anyway.. back to
> topic.
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> Who has the attitude that it is a waste of time: kids, parents,
> teachers? I imagine modernizing a largely rural or isolated population
> would have some resistance, I'd say give it a few generations to get
> going and put a lot of effort in recycling their traditional community
> resources. If it is a boilerplate political maneuver there is still
> social gain but I would worry about increasing resentment and culture
> clash. The roots of education predate and transcend institutional
> bureaucracy and the primary factors revolve around family and
> community, a progressive surge could propel innovative strategies but
> I think it also could decimate a culture or weaken it's ability to
> adapt and outpace growing pains/challenges.
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> This is an interesting topic pol, more observations please.
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> On 4/12/12, pol.science kid <r.freeb...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Recently, i was part of some filed work in a village ... we were
> > looking into primary education there.... well.. while doing the
> > report.. i thought i couldnt really understand education.. clearly
> > what works for the city kids wouldnt work for those in the rural
> > side..most of them do think theyre wasting their time...teachers hate
> > the kids kids hate the teachers..everyone is bitching... the situation
> > is pretty bad.. those who can do get out.. actually primary education
> > in my country is pretty beat up... now in know most of you are from
> > the 'West'.. Sounds weird when i say it like that.. we're frequently
> > told that primary education in the west is quite o.k. .... in fact
> > good.. What do you guys think?.. Also... how do you define
> > education..i almost hate the term by now.. get to hear it so much with
> > people having no idea of what they mean.... what do you think..?