(December 22, 2011 at 3:13 pm)Rokcet Scientist Wrote:(December 22, 2011 at 12:46 pm)LastPoet Wrote: What we need is more money towards research and education... EVERYWHERE!
Even more money towards education is a total waste with the contemporary attitudes towards education and parenting by the parents. Today there are considerably less pupils and students per taxpayer than there were, say, 40 years ago. Yet the education budgets have never been higher! So the education cost per pupil/student has soared! Completely out of control, imo, because the education levels pupils/students achieve, on average, have not risen accordingly, or even noticeably. At all!
It's high time parents paid more attention to their own kids (' education) and got involved.
It's cheaper and more effective too than simply pumping still more anonymous (tax) money into the education system.
The ones who pay the most atention seem to be creationists trying to prevent too much education.
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.
