OrochimaruVoldemort's Journal: Why the public school system will fail

The title is very deceiving. The failure will not come from lack of funding (though it will come after the fact), but it will be from a lack of students. As the internet evolves, so does the accuracy of information that is posted online. This means that eventually, you could get a masters degree education just by looking online articles and using Wikipedia. This gives little reason to attend. Why on earth would students go to a school they care little about? It makes no sense. The students that do care about their education must see that the internet will replace all forms of teaching, and that will be the end of public schools. Everything will be self-learning, thus putting an end to middle and high schools. As for the universities, they will be unaffected because they are already using their resources to put their information online, effectively giving them a get-out-of-failure card. This is the future of public education, it is inevitable.

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[smittyoneeach]

you could get a masters degree education just by looking online articles and using Wikipedia

You could certainly pick up the knowledge.
The actual _certification_ of that knowledge by a trusted third party (a school) is a hoss of a different color.

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[OrochimaruVoldemort]

perhaps, but the point still stands. as grades inflate, online self-education is looking like the way to become better

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[smittyoneeach]

Without doubt, actually knowledge matters.
But in the war of style over substance, the substance of your knowledge is frequently trumped by the slick salesman or bozo with more degrees than a thermometer.