QUOTE(Jon Awbrey @ Tue 14th June 2011, 4:38pm)
Miami Herald • Florida Lawmakers, Jeb Bush Foundation Push For Private Online EducationQUOTE
Tallahassee • More students could learn from a laptop in their bedroom rather than a whiteboard in a brick-and-mortar classroom under a pair of proposals in the Florida Legislature that would dramatically expand virtual school.
So many jokes, so little time …
Jon (IMG:
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It's the same arguments against libraries. "Why do we need libraries anymore when we have the Internet, Google, and Wikipedia?" Seriously, there are
people wanting libraries gone for those reasons. (IMG:
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Education isn't just about information and facts. It's about learning skills, how to think, how to be a productive member of society. Skills can't be learned without human interaction. I can give a child a book, but what good does it do if he can't read it?
As you say, "So many jokes, so little time..." Thing is, no one's laughing.