Sneak Preview — Followup
Who are you rooting for?
This is a follow-up to my most recent post, where a friend sent me an interesting clip from a supposed upcoming blockbuster movie. It shows part of a fight scene between movie icons Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt…
(After it starts, click on the upper left-hand corner arrows to make it full screen.)
I conducted a casual, informal poll:
1 - Who do you think will win this fight?
2 - Who would you like to have win this fight?
The poll response appears to slightly favor Tom Cruise, and the reasons given were interesting. For example, Tom has known martial arts experience. Another reason is that he comes from Syracuse, near where I was brought up.
[FYI, some others born, etc., in Syracuse include Richard Gere, Megyn Kelly, David Muir, Mike Tirico, Bob Costas, Steve Kroft, Ted Koppel, Billy Joel, Dick Clark, Rod Sterling, plus this list.]
Déjà vu all over again —
That said, this was another variation of an earlier post Is it Real or Is It Memorex? In that commentary, it was observed that I may “have led the witness” by how I phrased that query.
In this case, I took even greater pains not to do that. The result was that far fewer readers recognized that this is yet another AI concoction — despite the fine print in the lower right-hand corner of the screen saying that it is!…
As more of these fabrications are produced — and the better they get — the profound impact of AI will start to dawn on more people. In this case, for example, see here and here. (BTW, the AI connection with a Chinese company is disturbing and yet another shot across the bow…)
How we adapt to this tsunami that we are now literally getting hit with is an extraordinarily important question.
How our children will be affected by this revolution is a question that is at least ten times more complicated and more important.
The Answer is the Same —
I have given you my best 2¢: in both cases, it is 100% necessary that citizens be Critical Thinkers.
That said, there are zero States that are even doing preliminary work on preparing our children to be Critical Thinkers. None. Nada.
To give these States more money and power over our K-12 education system is beyond insane. It is suicidal.
I keep harping on this — like Paul Revere — as the adverse implications to America are unimaginable.
Which of you is willing to sacrifice your life for the American Revolution 2.0?
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A good example, thanks. We need to watch out for AI when the antichrist appears pretending to be Christ and performs the apparent miracles of which we are warned in the Bible.
Be awarre that the average civilization lasts 250 - 300 years. That is the case among the 20+ civilizations known to mankind. In short, a long study will be a foolish only due to time constraints. Waking up, just before you're about to go off the cliff, does not avail one of endless time to study.
So, 60 years ago (+/-) a report pointing up economic and social efficiencies moved to shut down community schools and centralize education, so that kids would have access to a range of teachers not availed in the small, community based school. But mankind, being mankind, system survival soon governed the common life of the system and the mission was scrapped. And, no longer did communities (neighborhoods) know their local school teachers and principals. They no longer had access to their student's education. Education was separated from the family unit. HUGELY negative outcomes. One size fits all became the mantra. If you have more than one child in your home you know this does not work.
So, now, in our major School districts easily 30% of the employees are bureaucrats that have a comfortable niche in which to hide and simply spend their time thinking of things for teachers to do. By the way, if this was done massive amounts of money would be available to raise the salaries of those teaching in the classrooms. Teachers get paid much better!!!!! And the pressure is removed from Legislatures to raise teacher pay, only to see large percentages of it disappear into bureaucrat salaries.
Eliminate the unions, just like President Reagan eliminated the Air Traffic Controllers Union when it got in the way of public safety. The teachers have a union they have ignored, it is the local school PTA.
Teach classically which works with brain development (it does not ignore brain development). Accordingly you have much improved outcomes. In a classical curriculum students read the original material, not the CLIFF notes, and they read entire books, not internet generated summaries. This all builds brain power.
The best of schools are already doing this. They are found among the charter and private schools that are true to the classical heritage. Probably 5% - 10% of the private and charter schools are classical, and they are improving outcomes regularly.
The best of schools do not have to worry about a certain percentage of their faculty being certified. It is the certified teachers that have produced the abysmal outcomes that need rectification. So, make the Pincipals once again, to use an analogy, the captain of their ships, and let them instruct Subject Matter Experts on classroom managment. Since they would have more income to pay better wages (by eliminating buraucracy) they could hire subject matter experts that have the love of learning and the ability to garner the respect of students. Then the Principal teaches them classroom management.
Prinicipals would quickly learn that they want a subject matter expert that is also themselves a "learner." Learners are the best teachers.
Many beneficial outcomes result from this, and we then are massively moving in the right direction. This can be done while studies are still going on.