Comments on: Teenagers and the Education Apocalypse https://www.isegoria.net/2017/01/teenagers-and-the-education-apocalypse/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:29:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Jon https://www.isegoria.net/2017/01/teenagers-and-the-education-apocalypse/comment-page-1/#comment-2534670 Jon Mon, 09 Jan 2017 09:22:23 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41310#comment-2534670 I think you can get more than a million good teachers very easily — just permit/promote the hiring of educated people without teaching degrees. Many erudite retired people would welcome an opportunity to teach full- or part-time to keep in touch with society.

That’s what many elite private schools do.

Most smart people tend to be averse to investing time and money in an education degree that is basically just designed to restrict entry into the teaching profession.

]]> By: Candide III https://www.isegoria.net/2017/01/teenagers-and-the-education-apocalypse/comment-page-1/#comment-2534382 Candide III Sat, 07 Jan 2017 20:32:53 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41310#comment-2534382 He’s too glib by half talking about replacing “bad teachers” with “good teachers”. Where’s he going to get a million good teachers? Pfui. Also, networking does create wealth. Also, my impression is that the most popular reason for people to pull their children from public schools is too many unruly minorities, not bad academics per se.

]]> By: Lucklucky https://www.isegoria.net/2017/01/teenagers-and-the-education-apocalypse/comment-page-1/#comment-2534349 Lucklucky Sat, 07 Jan 2017 16:23:38 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41310#comment-2534349 Journalists never ask why schools are one of the places that more “indiscriminate” shootings occur. Not gun clubs…

]]> By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2017/01/teenagers-and-the-education-apocalypse/comment-page-1/#comment-2534191 Isegoria Fri, 06 Jan 2017 20:09:11 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41310#comment-2534191 I share your concerns about Gatto’s work, but I’m not sure how independent this corroboration really is.

]]> By: Alrenous https://www.isegoria.net/2017/01/teenagers-and-the-education-apocalypse/comment-page-1/#comment-2534186 Alrenous Fri, 06 Jan 2017 19:05:33 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41310#comment-2534186 John Taylor Gatto is a rhetorician and thus an unreliable narrator, so it’s very helpful to have what appears to be an independent corroboration of his major points. Thank you.

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