tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post1668682651201287..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: The Time Is Now Part 2: The Critical Battlefields Part 1Francis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-74282618009588058042012-11-16T09:19:18.817-05:002012-11-16T09:19:18.817-05:00I have recently come to the conclusion that the pu...I have recently come to the conclusion that the public education establishment in America is inimical to the continued good health of the Republic. The evidence is dispositive. Public schools have failed. <br /><br />This is not an indictment of the concept, but of the perversions of it by forces of our enemies. If public schools could be returned to local control, we MIGHT -- stress that: MIGHT -- be able to recover. But the likelihood of that ranges between nil and nul.<br /><br />I therefore believe that a goal of We in the Right MUST be the destruction of the public schools by any means a good and moral people can stomach. In their place must come a "system" which places the proper value on education -- both raw knowledge and the skills of process (maths) -- which pedagogy is SUPPOSED to provide, but hasn't for a terribly long time. It must be atomic -- composed of the smallest feasible units, autonomous -- no more bureaucratic leviathans, and teleological -- resembling Heinlein's description of Prof. de la Paz's teaching methods.<br /><br />There will be, yes, myriad children "left behind." I propose that this will be a slight change from the present circumstance, differing only in the public cost -- it will be much cheaper to have the same illiterate masses out there. And, I submit, opportunity facing those masses will be an order of magnitude greater, for they will not labor under the burden of lifelong toxic indoctrination.<br /><br />And, as I say, an education will have a proportionately greater value than now.<br /><br />I have long suspected that large portions of the electorate have held these or similar beliefs -- thus the struggle school levies have from time-to-time faced at the ballot box. Voters have asserted "no sale" and the statists, seeking to capture the hearts and minds of ever-more dependents on the nanny state, have been forced to seek ever-less-legitimate sources of funding for their racket. <br /><br />And, as their importunings and usurpations have increased, so has the resistance. We follow an asymptote (one hopes) approaching, perhaps, a tipping point. Get ready for a cusp. Be prepared to take advantage of it.<br /><br />MMark Algerhttp://www.babytrollblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-90374355071666833782012-11-15T22:11:03.436-05:002012-11-15T22:11:03.436-05:00The cracks in the foundation of the higher educati...The cracks in the foundation of the higher education cartel are already appearing. There is a group of 34 universities, all big, all rich, and accredited. Their faculty members are putting courses online for free. It is growing rapidly. It is called <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/14/the-school-less-revolution-free-online-courses-being-considered-for-college-credit/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29" rel="nofollow">Corsera</a> and it is about to bust the system. It is growing rapidly. There were only 12 universities a month ago.<br />The end of the cartel is in sight and the greatest risk to a cartel is price cutting by members. <br />Their classes will still be liberal, but the teachers will not get the kids into the classroom. Their influence will be far less without personal presence and midterms to flunk out conservatives and libertarians.ΛΕΟΝΙΔΑΣhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976785560712692275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-14895986388475582262012-11-15T21:53:23.624-05:002012-11-15T21:53:23.624-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.ΛΕΟΝΙΔΑΣhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976785560712692275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-61384746431161778452012-11-15T12:30:41.981-05:002012-11-15T12:30:41.981-05:00Count me in on the homeschooling. ;-)Count me in on the homeschooling. ;-)Weetabixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06106614092497408546noreply@blogger.com