OT: Sci-fi (was RE: Ultra-portable terminals)

[Bill Campbell]

On Fri, Jul 28, 2006, John Esak wrote:
>>
>> But, how many can name the crew of the 2nd lunar landing mission?
>>
>>     http://www.apolloarchive.com/apg_thumbnail.php?imageID=S69-38852
>
>Aw, c'mon... let's take it to the *really* ridiculous... How many can name
>who invented the TV?
>
>I'll bet none.
>
>As far as all that goes... "in  my day"  He says, putting on that old tired
>voice...  We used to be taught who invented this and that. I will bet that
>*every* single person above the age of 40 on this list can name the inventor
>of the cotton gin.  Too strange, huh?  (by the way, I actually remember in
>what year, too. Maybe we just had better teachers?  Less drugs?  More
>discipline and respect in the classroom? Parents who cared that we learned?

Today the government schools are too busy indoctrinating children
to bother with teaching them anything useful.  They may not know
any math, science, or history, but I'm sure they can tell you all
about global warming.

	http://www.jim.com/schools.htm

     ``The children who know how to think for themselves spoil the
     harmony of the collective society that is coming, where
     everyone would be interdependent.''  1899 John Dewey,
     educational philosopher, proponent of modern public schools.

     ``Independent self-reliant people would be a counterproductive
     anachronism in the collective society of the future where
     people will be defined by their associations.''  1896 John
     Dewey

Bill
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