Serial Killfiler <alXXhuriyeh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>Probably true - we take the 40 hour work week as a God-given right.
>
>No, we don't. I don't know a single professional who works just 40
>hrs.
I believe that salaried professionals are still a minority in our
society.
>These days, if you don't live to work, you don't get ahead.
That is sad. And while it may be true, especially of those who WANT
to get ahead, I think that most of society is in a state of passive
revolt against it, doing no more than they are obliged to - unless
they see a specific reward in it for themselves in terms of future
advancement or immediate pay benefit.
>We're fooling our kids if we don't do what we can to prepare them for
>a world of rising living costs, falling wages, and a shrinking middle
>class.
Requiring longer unpaid hours that most will in fact refuse to work
won't prepare them for anything except further passive resistance
throughout their lives.
>>>Students are indeed paid for the credits they earn.
>>in school.
>>For kids whose long term focus is far less developed than adults,
>>eventual payment is not the same thing as being paid cash immediately,
>>just as they do when they mow someone's lawn for them.
>
>Just because some kids are too stupid to understand this does not mean
>that all kids are too stupid to understand.
I agree. But I think the rising number of high school kids who work
part time to get immediate paychecks while letting their homework go,
reflect the very strong orientation towards immediate reward in our
society.
And the school system is supposed to be for the m*****, and not for
the exceptional kid Like Herman who can motivate, and indeed, can
educate himself.
>Anyway, as the sharp
>growth of adult ed demonstrates, lots of people eventually realise
>that what they didn't do at 16, 18 or 20 has harmed their ability to
>survive in the world of the declining middle class.
Or it means that they realize that continuing advancement requires
continuing new pieces of paper, whether in fact you learn something in
those cl***** or not. After all, how many teachers in this forum have
applauded the usefulness of their inservices, or even of their grad
level courses?
lojbab
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