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The wheels of cultural change move slowly.
From what I can see, both sides are blind to the biggies. Factories
will become much more automated. Robots will become much improved, and
most common jobs will be taken over, or done remotely drone style
through robots by the lowest bidder, even if they are on the opposite
side of the planet.
Thus a great deal of the population will become “surplus” in the job
market, yet still in need of the basics of food, shelter, clothing, and
medicine. Letting youngsters know at an early age that they will have
to choose to chart a course to avoid being stuck on the bottom of this
2050 food chain is crucial, and actively exploring alternatives and
directions with them will be at the heart of any educational plan that
will do them any good. As for public schools I would see them changing
drastically, into spots where many are informed of their fate, as they
watch the ultra rich grab onto more any more of the previously general
public’s wealth, and given “common core” skills, just so they can
understand their predicament, and make a non rioting transition to this
Brave New World.
I will predict that in time legislation will show up to encourage
later pregnancies via 90% ed credit, 5% retirement, and 5% mad money
payouts, to those, male and female, who do not reproduce before age 22
or so, DNA ID required, obviously. How will they catch the boys? DNA
registry.
I will also predict that students with drive will quickly realize
that they can learn faster at home or in the library or in special parts
of schools with zero tolerance for time wasting and full internet
suites. The biggest problem in public schools is students who literally
make a career out of “chewing up the clock,” not only for themselves,
but everyone else in the classroom around them. Most who bitch about
administrators being too many and paid too much don’t realize that a
great deal of their time is spent dealing with such “clock chewers.”
The administrators have evolved into these roles, and yet the general
public has no clue.
This is the 21st century. You can’t turn back the cultural clock to
1950, and the world wide markets have made damn sure of that, especially
the evolving capitalists in the USA. Here’s where the bulk of the Tea
Party members want so desperately to go, but you can’t go home, anymore:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J55S38xwxnQ
Thus a great deal of the population will become “surplus” in the job market, yet still in need of the basics of food, shelter, clothing, and medicine. Letting youngsters know at an early age that they will have to choose to chart a course to avoid being stuck on the bottom of this 2050 food chain is crucial, and actively exploring alternatives and directions with them will be at the heart of any educational plan that will do them any good. As for public schools I would see them changing drastically, into spots where many are informed of their fate, as they watch the ultra rich grab onto more any more of the previously general public’s wealth, and given “common core” skills, just so they can understand their predicament, and make a non rioting transition to this Brave New World.
I will predict that in time legislation will show up to encourage later pregnancies via 90% ed credit, 5% retirement, and 5% mad money payouts, to those, male and female, who do not reproduce before age 22 or so, DNA ID required, obviously. How will they catch the boys? DNA registry.
I will also predict that students with drive will quickly realize that they can learn faster at home or in the library or in special parts of schools with zero tolerance for time wasting and full internet suites. The biggest problem in public schools is students who literally make a career out of “chewing up the clock,” not only for themselves, but everyone else in the classroom around them. Most who bitch about administrators being too many and paid too much don’t realize that a great deal of their time is spent dealing with such “clock chewers.” The administrators have evolved into these roles, and yet the general public has no clue.
This is the 21st century. You can’t turn back the cultural clock to 1950, and the world wide markets have made damn sure of that, especially the evolving capitalists in the USA. Here’s where the bulk of the Tea Party members want so desperately to go, but you can’t go home, anymore: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J55S38xwxnQ