Education

We need to balance progress and education. Yes, there are new educational tools available every new school year, but we need not fall into the trap of thinking we need the best and viewing that what has worked thus far as obsolete. Computers and labs are an important aspect of education, but a lot of learning can be done in an older lab and older computers. Why should we let our school system become involved so deeply in the capitalist machine? We lose sight of teaching as it was intended – to build a foundation in each student that allows them how to learn facts systematically for some purpose(i.e. writing or scientific lab to prove or argue something) and to use reason to achieve understanding of problems and issues ranging from philosophy to politics. In order to accomplish that we need well educated teachers with a broad curriculum, and cut spending on the technological side education.