[olug] Teachers are the obstacle between the classroom and Linux.

[Luke Dashjr]

On Wednesday 10 December 2008 04:21:05 pm John Hobbs wrote:
> Luke, for your comment "Where did you get *that* idea?" about "I thought
> teachers were supposed to be smart people?" you should be ashamed.  There
> are many very good, very intelligent teachers who are working for a lower
> salary than they could get in the corporate world because they enjoy
> helping others learn.

There are *always* exceptions to almost any generalization. However, the 
"education system", especially in America, was created with the intent to 
indoctrinate children, not to truly educate them. Even out of the perhaps many 
teachers with good will, for most of them, their own "education" is still from 
this same system. It also inherently flawed because the role of education is 
meant for parents, and any "education system" such as the one popular today is 
designed to usurp the parents' role and allow them to neglect educating their 
children themselves (in most cases, not a conscious neglect admittedly).

I am quite glad I was not forced to partake in this system, and I would 
consider myself a bad parent if I willingly sent my children into it.