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Termyn8or -> RE: Who do you owe for your education ? (5/16/2011 8:37:29 AM)
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"I went to school to become a teacher but realized the present system would kill me"
You're not the only one. I couldn't even hack being a student.
I don't know just how to put it, but for one being in school is being in an institution. Someone like me could never handle that, I'd rather be in jail. In fact I almost decided to beat the shit out of a truant officer once, which would have accomplished that quite nicely.
But now that this thread is going, I have to consider just what I consider education. OK I learned reading and writing and rithmatic before school but that and a couple bucks might get you a McD's fish sandwich.
Now I just came up with an idea and I need a computer programmer to implement it. A guy sends me an impressive resume', well that's just fine. I mailed him back because this is like a contract job. It will take me, and one other to get it done. Once patented I already have the connections for production and distribution, and we will just collect what boils down to residuals. For how long I don't know, but money is money.
Also understand that I am a dinosaur. I understand the fundamentals of electronic engineering, which seems to be lacking these days. This little niche might make me some bucks. I know the market, how and to whom to market it, and most of what will be involved in production. That's my little niche. The programmer has his niche and that gets him into the deal. We both have our functions. Once done we are done. The prototype, the patent, I can handle that. Afterwards I'll probably get ahold of Bob Parker, and that will open up the worldwide market. Not bad for a dropout.
But the origional question, I will address. Who do I owe ? Mrs. Sanger from the fifth grade ? Mr. Lasky the electronics teacher ? Who ?
And who else in those classes owes those people ? What if they did nothing with the knowledge imparted ? Do they owe ? What if my little pet project turns into a multi-million dollar pot of gold ? Do I owe then, because I used the knowledge ? Or is it mine ? Do I owe the taxpayerzs ? The lunch Lady ? The Principal who threw me out of school for not going to school ? He did me more good than most, because I went to work and learned more there in a year than I had in my entire wasted time in their institution.
That is the crux of the question. Do I owe my first employer for hiring me without any professional experience, for giving me that chance ?
Or is knowledge something that should not be counted as a tangible in an economic sense ? And as such, do we (as I believe) owe the young whatever knowledge we can impart, just as something like overhead for being a member of the human race ?
If a child asks you a question to which you know the answer, what do you do ? What should you do ? Should you answer truthfully, or like some lie, refuse to answer, or either joke about it or call the kid stupid ?
What are we ?
T^T
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