Why killing Media was killing an investment in the future

[Bob Sneidar]

It's my personal opinion that we ought to be making a much bigger effort to improve education across the board, and no, more money does not accomplish that goal. California has one of the highest per capita budgets for education, and yet one of the worst records. If spending more money fixed things, California would be a glowing model of socialist success! 

If we teach our children how to analyze problems and formulate solutions, we will be in a much better place to teach them all things. Our kids need not only job skills, but a sound work ethic, and our policies are what teach them exactly the opposite. 

I think the current system is broken in California, and in most states, and standing in the way are public unions who are in bed with the politicians, so we cannot get rid of the incompetent administrators and policy makers. Ever. Until we get rid of the public unions. Nothing is going to change until the incompetent are replaced with the competent. 

I'm sure anyone in a union will vehemently disagree with me. 

Bob


On Jul 19, 2012, at 12:31 PM, Lynn Fredricks wrote:

>> I need to repeat again, what I have posted before:
>> To gain a foothold in the schools, this platform have to 
>> convince the leaders to use LiveCode, not the followers.
> 
> I think its important to narrow down what schools you are talking about
> (K-12 vs else), and the relative importance of computer programming
> education among the leaders.
> 
> I don't think there's any question that a career in computer programming,
> built on a good start in K-12 can lead many to well paying jobs. However
> K-12 is struggling to provide the basics (with programs like Art, Music, PE,
> etc being cut) in many markets. It isn't a question of "what programming
> language do we teach?" it is "do we offer programming classes at all?".
> 
> The leaders need to be in a position where they can select platforms based
> on competitiveness rather than focusing all decisions just on survival. They
> exist - and those are the ones that can be convinced.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Lynn Fredricks
> President
> Paradigma Software
> http://www.paradigmasoft.com
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