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Barb Knox <see@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>In article <e1rjg1$2498@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> hrubin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Herman Rubin) wrote:
>> In article <2uvu32hv3bm8cuu0t9rds6dso9lnkptvg0@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Serial Killfiler <alXXhuriyeh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >On 13 Apr 2006 04:36:52 -0700, "KenG" <kennethgoldberg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> The workplace, not the school, is the place for routine work.
>And the school is the primary place where children learn the habits
>required of industrial workers. That's why the system was originally
>called "industrial education".
>> Routine work, at any level beyond what MIGHT be a necessary
>> minimum, detracts from education. Education is knowledge and
>> understanding, and the ability to use it, including in situations
>> which are unlike what has been taught.
John Dewey and his ilk stated that the schools were to
develop workers for "rust belt" jobs. These jobs are quite
properly in GREAT decline, with more automation, and people
with that mentality are no longer needed.
It was found in WWII that enthusiastic college students did
not last long at such drudgery. An active mind cannot stop
thinking, and that interferes with such activities.
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This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views
are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University.
Herman Rubin, Department of Statistics, Purdue University
hrubin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558
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