Education is sooooooo challenging…..

By Brian Kirwin | May 10, 2008

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….that Mariel Alper graduates Old Dominion University today with a Criminal Justice degree and a near-A average.

And she’s 17.

She said eighth grade was boring, so she skipped High School and aced college. It says a lot about her, but it speaks volumes about education, too. Pilot story here.

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2 Responses to “Education is sooooooo challenging…..”

  1. Stephen Gunter on May 11th, 2008 4:52 pm

    Brian, how do you think education has reached this pitiful level?

  2. Brian Kirwin on May 11th, 2008 10:55 pm

    Honestly, I don’t think the schools got worse. I think the world changed, and what was good enough 50 years ago isn’t good enough anymore.

    Massified, homogenized education measured by time and not accomplishment is contrary to every standard outside education.

    Students learn according to how many years they’ve been in the system by teacher paid according to how many years they’ve been in the system. Achievement changes nothing, so you get less of it.

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