Text 6998, 42 rader
Skriven 2008-07-23 19:04:21 av Richard Webb (1:116/901.0)
   Kommentar till text 6995 av Bob Klahn (1:124/311)
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Hi BOb,

Bob Klahn wrote in a message to All:

BK>  Now, to education. I am focusing on a small portion here.

BK>  One of the big complaints is the inability to recruit people  with
BK> experience, whether in business or technology or skilled  trades, to
BK> teach the next generation. I have looked at it, and  see a good
BK> reason. Money.
YEp, that's been the complaint of many I know, and why they don't go into
teaching. BK>  OK, how about this... amend the law so that those who retire and

BK> 62, and go into teaching, do not have their teaching income 
BK> deducted from social security. That way people like me, tech  types,
BK> or businessmen, or skilled trades, or even economists or 
BK> scientists, or whatever, could switch to teaching what they have 
BK> spent a lifetime learning. They might still not find it
BK>  economically feasible, for some, or for many, but it would
BK>  become more feasible for a lot of people. I believe it would for 
BK> me.
I could see that.  AFter all, what's more important than educating our next
generation to be productive citizens, able to compete in the global economy,
etc. WHy waste a lifetime's experience when if that person found it
advantageous he'd be very willing to spend the time educating?  I know, score
iirc was supposed to help with some of this, for those unfamiliar that was the
service corps of retired exectuvies, supposed to help entrepreners with small
business development, etc. My complaint in my business with the graduates of
the audio programs is that they don't have any real world experience, or the
knowledge that comes with it. THey get to play a bit in the lab with the state
of the art stuff, but  then when they graduate and they start at the bottom
they're operating last decade's technology.  THey don't know how to
troubleshoot; no idea how to cope without super mix automation, etcetera. My
cousin's daughter has gone to school in audio production and has never spliced
analog tape.  I was sitting at a family gathering and I was talking about gain
structure and she did one of these "huh what?" things.


Regards,
           Richard
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