tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post1566421749000647631..comments2024-03-28T19:47:39.985-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: Gates SupportPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-87663806478684457572015-11-25T00:39:55.563-05:002015-11-25T00:39:55.563-05:00It's unbelievable the amount and degree of dam...It's unbelievable the amount and degree of damage the Gates and their foundation have performed on behalf of 'The Education Deformation Complex'. They have missed the mark so badly and so often, I'm starting to agree with the 'Failure by Design' argument so eloquently advocated by Noam Chomsky <a rel="nofollow"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbMP-cy1INA </a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04625189350314360410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-36351037241368232002015-11-24T12:27:36.037-05:002015-11-24T12:27:36.037-05:00I've got some "support" coming my wa...I've got some "support" coming my way in the next few weeks as a former Gates-foundation staffer will visit to train us on how to advise students not to take algebra.<br /><br />This is the great new math curriculum - no more "stupid," "useless" algebra. If they were proposing to replace it with something that had even half the power and depth of actual algebra, I wouldn't mind so much, but what they're using is half-assed fill in the blank worksheets where the students are trained in producing the "correct" answer.eddie sacroboscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05542999467489867201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-1365761745357813632015-11-24T12:12:45.242-05:002015-11-24T12:12:45.242-05:00Yes, exactly. Anyone who has so much influence on...Yes, exactly. Anyone who has so much influence on education should be required to have a ph.d. in education as well as 10+ years of experience in the classroom. Gates has neither, of course. He has no understanding of the educational system and no respect for anyone working in it, because he sees himself as above it. Harvard is one of the hardest schools to flunk out of and one of the easiest to graduate from. If he can't manage to just show up to classes and do the work, what basis does he have to pretend to "fix" schools? He is narcissistic to the point of being psychopathic, and I am shocked by how many teachers still say to me, "But I still think that Bill Gates has good intentions." Nope. If he didn't get more money or more power from doing something, he wouldn't do it. Teacher #8293801https://www.blogger.com/profile/02046444202572960024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-13194122823020424842015-10-22T21:48:29.662-04:002015-10-22T21:48:29.662-04:00This is spot on, but the Gates does not have a mon...This is spot on, but the Gates does not have a monopoly on this curious use of the word, "support." Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12080355510309347815noreply@blogger.com