tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359348507190689090.post4160244082239362567..comments2023-07-03T05:58:37.124-07:00Comments on THE PERIMETER PRIMATE: Is it Fiction, or Not? Not.The Perimeter Primatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12619173438763495716noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359348507190689090.post-79721849315990404162009-03-17T06:52:00.000-07:002009-03-17T06:52:00.000-07:00Thank you for your insights, Ted.Thank you for your insights, Ted.The Perimeter Primatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12619173438763495716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359348507190689090.post-70276948103603531852009-03-16T22:06:00.000-07:002009-03-16T22:06:00.000-07:00Glad you made that letter public. It shows why we ...Glad you made that letter public. It shows why we have to work consistently to keep education decisions out of the hands of the business class. <BR/><BR/>When I was in college, the business students seemed to have no patience for learning. They wanted to get a degree as quickly and cheaply as possible and get out and start making money. From this letter it is apparent that the business class wants to project its own limited life choices on everyone else. <BR/><BR/>One of the classic American myths is the myth that businessmen (and now women I guess, with female computer and internet moguls running for elective office) know the best way to get things done - that the most direct, efficient, productive and cost effective way to do something is the businessman's way. This mythology persists in spite of the numerous times that it has been proven to be wrong. The totally messed up Iraq adventure was a businessman's war from start to, well, whenever... Anyone reading a newspaper this month would wonder how businesspeople could possibly presume to tell anyone else how to do their job! In education, the current crumbling system which businesspersons are stumbling over each other to destroy, was foisted on us by that same business class at the beginning of the 20th century when they decided that schools should be organized like their factories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com