Liberal Forum

You cannot replace the teachers with real educators because rightwing assholes are themselves poorly educated. And the reason so many Liberals are teachers is because they enjoy teaching and learning, they empathize with children.  Rightwingers do NOT enjoy any of this. And of course, you'd have to ...

Closest thing I can find is Tom Skerritt played the commander on an aircraft carrier in "Tears of The Sun" but it wasn't the viper role...

Well, first, community college needs to be separated out from graduate level economics.  I would expect much more from those who are working toward a masters or PhD in economics. But, ****, even at that level, WITH NO REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE, you are probably expecting too much. At the community coll...

I guess that I can at it from the standpoint of someone who taught economics and statistics at the graduate level and at a community college. The students were clueless when I asked them to really explain a concept to me. Yes, they could spit out some curated, memorized stuff but they had no fundame...

The funding part is already irrationally allocated. ...

Simple answer... politics and grant funding....

I believe I said the exact same thing you are saying.  Go back and re-read what I said.  Before you can teach processes, your students often need to learn rote memorization.  With simple math, it's the tables.   You can teach algebra all day long, but if kids don't memorize the formula for the quad...

That's what I am saying. The less grades, the more learning. Yes, testing is a way to compare state to state. But why compare? What purpose does it serve to compare state to state? ...

About the Stanley Cup, it was just an example. If you were to memorize the last 25 winners of it, does that alone tell you about what a team should do today to win it? Answer... no. The favorite to win the Cup this year is Colorado.... they have not been to a Stanley cup final since 2001. Rote memor...

Poor analogy, and here's why: Many subjects require rote memorization:  Anatomy, spelling, math, chemistry...I could go on, but I think you get the point; Hardly anyone wins the Stanley Cup.  The academic equivalent would be engaging in research leading to the publication of a ground-breaking physi...