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Comment I won't forget (Score 4, Interesting) 63

Dear AI companies, I won't forget how you fucked our entire industry for a long time. I won't forget how you forced scarcity and high prices. I won't forget that I need to double-check everything that your half-assed solution pukes out. I won't forget that you set everything on fire so you could try to profit.

Comment Re:homework is not the problem (Score 1) 192

I'm arguing to keep the education in school, that extended rote exercise at home is more of a burden than benefit to many. Not arguing to get rid of school. I am saying that college is not for everyone and way too many jobs require that. Also, pointing out that lack of academic drive does not equate to lack of drive generally, people have drive where they have interest.

OJT is perfectly reasonable for most careers, and how even professionals become real professionals.

Comment Re:homework is not the problem (Score 1) 192

> Our kids can't all be influencers, rap gods or sports stars. That means we really ought to figure out a better way to educate them and practicing Math is most certainly a contributing factor....I'll even grant you that somewhere, some how, there is still going to be a high school dropout that self motivated to learn what they want and become wildly successful. Steve Jobs so to speak

We can't all be Doctors and Lawyers either. The reality is that most jobs don't require a 4 year college degree. Sure I want my doctor to be educated but as I pointed out the real *training* a Doctor gets is *on the job* - look it up. You can find tons of people, like Machinists, that are very knowledgeable in their craft and didnt go to college, it comes from experience, dedication to the craft. There are plenty of non-academic paths, it seems you just don't have respect for them or maybe you don't have respect for the people that choose those paths. Your "the rest of us" argument is offensive. Take a closer look at the video, like 1/3 of the room is still standing without degrees. Understand the difference between self-taught and learned on the job and gained experience.

Not everyone has to shoot for the moon. Not everyone has to love school to be successful in life, and success doesn't have to mean getting rich financially. Filling your life with what you love is another kind of rich. Once you've met your basic needs, money does not buy happiness. The person that dies with the most money does not win.

Do you actually do long division by hand when you do division? Of course not. You don't need hours of long division practice to understand division generally. Most people don't need Trig and Calculus. If the OP taught trade school, there would be motivated students that did the trade at home too - its a myopic view on who will be successful in life, at best it says who might be good at that thing.

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