I see education in the future being done exclusively in the home Via the Web and Biometric ID or as I like to call em the "digital truancy officers." Also consisting of virtual hologram technology. Both on the lower and higher levels meaning pre-k on up to collegiate. Not only driven by advancements in technology, but combined with the vast data resources/info present NOW that would allow us to do so. And for sure within 10 years time. It's a shame that MIT professor Nicholas Negroponte's XO-Laptop or the "$100 Laptop for Every Child in the World Program" was just a little early. But not wasted nor in vain. Yet one of the Bush Family members is capitalising on the revamping of the computer aided education system not only in this country, but in the bombed out countries we invaded and destroyed their school systems in. A story for another time. The power that be were just too stacked against it along with where we were development and market release wise.. Also with the added catalyst of the never ending cost cutting of services by individual States/Govts. Thus to close budget gaps in the coming years in this country. Due to tax revenues falling precipitously, will also help nudge this along. We now find ourselves in an unsustainable and failing by increasing word standards wise USA schooling system. I am in my late 30's and consider myself fortunate to go through our nations school system, in what I consider it's Golden Hayday. We wrapped the issued schoolbooks in brown shopping-bags to protect them and dubbed them a canvas to decorate with self expression throughout the year....lol...Now your screen saver on you new State issued E-Tablet will do the same, yes?My time was right before the computer age hit mainstream, pre cellphone, and before the World went and got in a big damn hurry. We have come further technology wise in last 70 years the we have in our whole human existence. We just went from the rotary phone to the iPhone in no time flat. Exponential growth with avarice profit seeking sprinkle/dash is recipe' for that soup of the day. A few years ago Sir Elton John said we should consider shutting down the Internet for 5 years, He was mocked and shunned for that comment. But he might have been on to something....yes? And school violence was a non issue back then. Just a more innocent time in America I think. People still talked and did things. I have a whole nother rant on how technology has de-socialized us as a species, but only temporarily, until it fuels an explosion into higher intelligence and way of life for us. Just look at what translation software has done to allow us to globally communicate and transact with other foreign cultures and societies. The language barrier is no longer an issue.I also had great teachers not only in school but all through life's trials (sometimes criminal...I was bad boy at one time) and tribulations. As an adult and more enlightened, for sure humbled and educated, I realized that teachers were truly the most underpaid profession in America. Teachers and lawyers should switch salaries if up to me. Based upon their importance in our social species evolution up to this point. They should've been rewarded or compensated more so for being at the end of proverbial rope in the grand plan. When you think about it. Teachers as we know them now, are in an obsolete stage of existence or daily being. They're in a profession that wil be downsizing significantly in numbers in near future. Or as like to say. Going way of the 8 track tape!. I always joked when folks asked me my education level and credentials and I replied "I have a PhD from School of Hard Knocks and a Double Doctorate from Google University...like we all will have in future" And will put my brain pan up against most walking down street. Of coarse the transition will be rocky for social reasons also into public home schooling. Like children loosing out on the social growth aspect that attending school offers in adolescence molded clay stage we all once were. From a bully issue to a pimple on class photo day. That process has been our normal for some time, it's all we know. It will be rocky transition like I said. And it is also dangerous from an Orwellian standpoint with regards to children being teached a single State approved curriculum by who really knows who, that might be tainted by agenda or motive or indoctrination. Or just something you have no interest bestowing on your child either for moral or personal religious beliefs. I am of the holistic education mind set by the way. California I believe is already taking a step/nudging here by making it illegal to home school you own child if you do not have teaching credentials from an accredited institution. Thus forcing you to make your children listen to something or mingle with sorts you don't want them to. Universal home schooling solves many problems from money needed to run an unsustainable and failing by increasing word standards wise USA schooling system to programming future generations with a certain mindset or lack there of .... for oppression reasons. How are they going to make sure the kids are the ones an are at computers taking the lessons...national I.D. cards or chips and biometrics ID at first and proximity sensors to readers/computers. You will have a little box the size of cigarette box or morphed into instrument already(I dont have crystal ball ya know...lol).... plugs into computer and when school time starts ....out pops the little hologram teacher/instructor. Right out of Star Wars..R2D2 style...lol..Sounds trippy...I know...Ya see what they're doing?....One way or another they will get your kids to listen to their propaganda/agenda that is code named: Approved State Curriculum.....So much for holistic education eh?....This move to virtual classrooms per se.... will be a rocky transition said once again...But if they can convince or should I say pass a law to make ya give your kid a non tested over time and in conjunction with all the additive in foods such as steroids n antibiotics flu vaccine shot ....then they can get ya to do ANYTHING!
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The Law of Social Cycles states that while people in any society are all relatively similar - we all have generally the same goals, desires and ambitions - we differ in the way we go about achieving our goals. An individual's specific methods for achieving success depend on his physical and psychological makeup. Essentially, there are four different types of people who find basic fulfillment in four different kinds of ways:
Warriors - have strong bodies, vigorous physical energy and a sharp intellect. Warriors tend to develop the skills that take advantage of their inherent gifts of stamina, courage and vigor. Their mentality is one that is not averse to taking physical risks. Examples of people in our society with the warrior mentality include: Policemen, firemen, soldiers, professional athletes, skilled carpenters and tradesmen, etc. They all achieve success through their physical skills and a deep understanding of their profession. Michael Jordan is an excellent example of a member of the warrior class.
Intellectuals - have a more developed intellect than the warriors, but generally lack the physical strength and vigor. Intellectuals are happiest when they try to achieve success by developing and expressing their intellectual skills and talents. Examples would be: Teachers, writers, professors, scientists, artists, musicians, philosophers, doctors and lawyers, and above all, priests.
Acquisitors - have a nose for money. If money can be made the acquisitors will find a way to make it. They are not as bright as the intellectuals, nor as strong as the warriors, but they are keen when it comes to making and accumulating money and material possessions. Such people are the traders, businessmen, managers, entrepreneurs, bankers, brokers, and landlords in our society.
Laborers - are altogether different from the first three groups. Laborers lack the energy and vigor of the warriors, the keen intellect of the intellectuals, and the ambition and drive of the accumulators. In spite of the fact that their contribution to society is profound - in fact, society could not function without them - the other groups generally look down upon and tend to exploit them. The laborers are the peasants, serfs, clerks, short order cooks, waiters, janitors, doormen, cabdrivers, garbage collectors, truck drivers, night watchmen and factory workers who keep society running smoothly by working diligently and without complaint.
I think we all know people who would fit into each of the above categories. While all people have a bit of each of these characteristics, usually only one of the characteristics is dominant in an individual. And while there is some social mobility between groups, it is generally fairly limited. It would be fairly difficult for a sensitive poet to become a professional soldier, for example. There are two exceptions, however: All of the classes like money, so it is easy for any of the classes to acquire the acquisitor mentality, though not necessarily the skill. Furthermore, members of the other classes can be forced into the laborer class out the need to support themselves and families.
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A brilliant man named Dr Ravi Batra wrote a great book on the cycles of societies.^ The New Golden Age - Dr. Ravi Batra