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October 7, 2013

Decoding: "Investing in the Future".

As with Wimpy of Thimble Theatre, the investment part means now, the future part means never.

Investment is invoked where maintenance would suffice, in education for instance. It isn't as if effective teaching is an elusive, secret skill. It's more a case of "you can't find what you're not looking for." Western education has roughly a thousand years of experience to draw upon. Not coincidentally, its success peaked at about the same time Progressive Education began to take hold. And education's been in an every-other-Monday crisis mode ever since. - -ol remus and the woodpile report

Posted by gerardvanderleun at October 7, 2013 4:26 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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That is J. Wellington Wimpy, sir. Now about that hamburger....

Posted by: Mikey NTH at October 7, 2013 6:56 PM

I find many people think education is something a teacher does to you. Sort of like getting plastic surgery. Sure, you have to show up, but then you just sleep through the hard part and when the professional is finished you are educated. If you don't want to learn, nobody can make you. No teacher can overcome apathy.

Posted by: Scott M at October 8, 2013 12:16 AM

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