tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90198546516701973182023-06-20T21:44:09.600-07:00neutraltuesdayadminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15505428162663321851noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9019854651670197318.post-76720128245980438702014-03-20T10:50:00.007-07:002014-03-20T10:50:45.467-07:00The Future of Public Education According to The Pragmatic Thinker<div id="article-content" style="text-align: justify;">
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For years there has been a public outcry to "fix" the PUBLIC
educational system of the United States. First of all, this will be
impossible, because "fix" cannot be defined.</div>
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Some say that "fix"
means to have better and more modern buildings. Some say to "fix" mean
to pay teachers more. Some say to "fix" means to have our students pass
progress tests. Some say to "fix" means to be able to have our students
more effectively compete in the world arena of science and business.
Some say to "fix' means give our students a better education in the
basics of reading, writing, and math. Some say to "fix" means to give
our students a more progressive, liberal education so they can live
fuller and more complete lives. Some say we need to "fix" the
educational system so students can choose what "they" want to do in life
sooner and enter college with direction and focus. And the reasons for
"fixing" the "broken" PUBLIC educational system go on and on.</div>
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I
think the PUBLIC educational system is broken and cannot be fixed. The
system is so bogged down in political bureaucracy, red tape, special
interests, union politics, under funding, misuse of funds, misdirection,
non-focus, status quo thinking, social rhetoric, unfunded programs,
broken political promises, and under staffed, under qualified, and under
paid administrators and teachers that the PUBLIC educational system can
never be fixed. It is an impossible task.</div>
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It is no wonder that
PRIVATE schools, alternative learning programs, home schooling, and
online curriculums are becoming more and more popular with the
"affluent" of our population. If you can afford a good education for
your student, parents are pulling their students out of PUBLIC schools
and enrolling them more and more in private programs of education.</div>
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It
is my opinion and the opinion of many concerned citizens that from
elementary school to college, our educational system, at its best, often
drives the natural love of learning out of our kids and replaces it
with such "skills" as following rules, keeping still and quiet, doing
what is expected, cheating or procrastinating. And that's why, in most
schools, being on time and sitting quietly are more important than
critical thinking and innovative production. To prosper in this economy,
students need to develop and master different skills - lifeskills such
as resourcefulness, curiosity, innovation, as well as logical and verbal
proficiency.</div>
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Most progressive educational professionals would
agree with Bill Gates who told our nation's governors last year that the
traditional urban high school is obsolete.</div>
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The reality of
education is that the system for the most part is outdated, too
expensive, and ineffective. Many educationally progressive countries
offer PUBLIC funding for education from Kindergarten through University,
where as in the United States most states don't offer Kindergarten
classes, and all Public Education stops at the end of High School.</div>
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The
primary reason we send our children to school is to enable them to
choose the career of their choice, earn a good living and enjoy all that
life has to offer. We all want to give our children the opportunity to
prosper and provide well for their families.</div>
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Here is what has to
be done if we are to give our citizens a better education which in turn
gives our country more productivity in the world economy.</div>
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1. We need to PRIVATIZE all education in our country.</div>
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2. Education will be "funded" but not controlled by our government.</div>
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3. Each family will be given a certain amount of money (voucher) for each student of each age.</div>
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4. Parents can use this voucher to educate their students as they choose at any school or institution of their choice.</div>
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5.
The government has NO say in the choices parents and students make. Our
tax dollars only go to "fund" PUBLIC education in the PRIVATE sector.</div>
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6.
When schools and institutions are made to "compete" for tuitions based
on the performance of the teachers and educators, the quality of
education will increase. If schools don't offer parents and students a
quality education, parents and students will go some place else, and the
school is out of business.</div>
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7. We need to also include a
government funded college education or trade school education for all
who want it. Most parents can't afford to send their students to
college. Only about one in 17 (5.8%) young people from the nation's
poorest families, those earning less than $35,377 a year, can expect to
earn a bachelor's degree by age 24. For those from the nation's
wealthiest families, those who earn about $85,000 or higher, it's better
than one in two (50%.) This University funding would also be on a
voucher basis also. There would still be private colleges who might not
need the money (vouchers), but for the most part most colleges would
welcome the money as a way to increase enrollment and increase the
quality of the education they offer.</div>
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8. The obvious results of
PRIVATIZING education is that not only schools would have to compete to
get the student, by offering a quality educational program, but teachers
could now offer their services in a FREE market. The fact is, the good
teachers would be paid more. Schools would have to offer the good
teachers more to keep them. If a good teacher could make twice as much
at another school, because they are better qualified and had a "parent
following," schools would have to get serious about offering teachers
more money. More people would want to become teachers if they could get
paid more. And just like in every business, in order to get the best,
you have to pay them more.</div>
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9. Online schools would become more and
more popular and accepted also. This is especially great for the
"inter-city" areas and "rural" areas, where education has been hard to
fund, and quality teachers hard to find.</div>
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10. On the "one student,
one voucher" system, all communities are now able to compete equally for
the best teachers and educators. Because of population (demand) in
large cities and communities, some schools would have to hire more
teachers. In the small cities they would need fewer teachers, but the
"money" is the same per student.</div>
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11. By PRIVATIZING education,
funded by the government with our tax dollars (as we currently do) we
would be able to save money. The United States could keep the PUBLIC
education budgets at a manageable level. Schools would have to compete
for the funding and just like the "price wars" of car dealers, furniture
stores, and all businesses, schools would have to continually strive to
give parents and students "MORE education" for their money. This is
Capitalism at its best.</div>
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12. The less government "control" of our
PUBLIC education, the better. Government would have NO say or control
whatsoever on the type of education parents chose for their students.
Government would only FUND educational choices based on the government's
education budget. The PRIVATE sector would have to compete just like
any other private business for the money by offering a better, quality
education to its customers (the parents and students.) The PUBLIC
education system for the most part now is a MONOPOLY and doesn't have to
"try harder." Just like the deregulation of the airlines, the telephone
companies, etc., prices would go down (or in this case stay down) based
on the economic rule of supply and demand. PRIVATIZING our PUBLIC
education answers ALL the problems we currently face in our current
PUBLIC education system.</div>
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adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15505428162663321851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9019854651670197318.post-61150831080985233222014-03-20T10:50:00.004-07:002014-03-20T10:50:28.167-07:00Education Capitalization<div id="article-content" style="text-align: justify;">
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Introduction</div>
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Education carried out by government and also
private sector requires a real operating expenses height. Most all
sector is relating to education must be bought. Book, chalk, ruler, and
teaching aid readily uses for example, must be bought. Therefore,
education requires cost.</div>
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Presumption like that not then is
followed up with closing eyes and ear with interest places forward
commercial factor than social. Education is not commodity, but effort
carries out system and certain mechanism that man is able to improve;
repair their/his self, can make balmy itself, and solvent of interaction
as man.</div>
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Education paradigm growing in Indonesia in this XXI
century step by step has started leaves aspiration of the founders this
republic nation-state that is that every citizen entitled to get
education that is competent. The republic founders aware to that
performing of the education are addressed to makes man is humanitarianly
and can make process towards at fullness of spirit hence would very
ironic with situation of education these days.</div>
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The Role of the Government and Private sector</div>
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Education
is responsibility of all suborder. By referring this assumption,
education organizer is not merely government but also entangles the side
of private sector individually and also group. Thereby, governmental
hoped all members of publics responsible educate Indonesian.</div>
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Despitefully,
because of limitation of cost, governmental given opportunity of it's
bigger to public to participate and develops business through education.
This assumption comprehended by public by building opening school,
courses, or skilled education type with facility that is better than
school build and owned government. By giving supporting facilities for
education that is rather differs in, rather complete, and promises makes
education managed the side of private sector must be redeemed with cost
that is not is cheap. So expensive education.</div>
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Indonesia has ever
owned Perguruan Taman Siswa carrying out education for public? People
with motivation educate public? People. Indonesia also has education
system of pesantren (Islamic models) which is not collects payment which
in the form of money from it's the student. Student in pesantren
modeled this salaf (classical) not only studies public sciences (like
biology, physics, mathematics, language, and art) they also studies
Islam science for the sake of individual and public.</div>
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Without
realized already happened friction of motivation of organizer and the
management of the existing education. Education organizer of private
sector tends to sells dream with equipment of facility which they
perform. They disregard condition of Indonesia public most doesn't have
purchasing power and energy? Power to bargain. Pupil old fellow will be
given on to reality "expensive school" and "go to school for rich man
children".</div>
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Of course, must also be confessed that the school
requires cost. However, collects expense of height for education is a
real wrong deed; more than anything else in Constitution 1945 has
expressed that any citizen [is] entitled to get education.</div>
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Capitalist: Having Under the Law</div>
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Shifts
it purpose of education levying from formulated by the Republic of
Indonesia founders is really peeping out suborder concern. If education
only be carried out just for man who is having money, hence the biggest
layer of Indonesia public? People will not have formal education. Poor
people and people, who don't have purchasing power, will yield apathetic
generation. Thereby, will lose also one civilization links a nation.</div>
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Education
carried out with only menitikberatkan at present financial advantage
will only make man is more individually and once in a while overrules
that the man basically is created autonomous. Tendency and dependency to
get it's (the capital returns will make education product to enable all
ways, machiavelistical.</div>
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Other side, education system this time
makes detached man from it's (the area and sometimes abstracted from its
(the community root. Properly is critical that education system this
time makes educative participant not autonomous and sometimes forgets
spirit to as social creature or according to opinion Aristotle's that
the man Zoon Politicon.</div>
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Semestinyalah had if education aimed at
accomplishment of copartner ship standard (company) must be refused.
Ideally, education must load agenda for "humanizes man" (humanization),
non dehumanization. By collecting expense of height because law barium;
by itself education has been transferred to accomplishment of industrial
requirement. More than anything else in Indonesia, diploma is
respectable reference and the only equipment to get work that is
competent.</div>
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By positioning education carried out by government and
also law barium private sector must, public trapped at acute dilemma. In
one public sides requires education to increase it's the humanity
reality, medium on the other side no cost is small monster or endless
nightmare.</div>
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Tussle between fears and desire of public to send to
school it's the children exploited by certain party sides. This
condition is a real condition profits if evaluated from the aspect of
business. Panic buyers are really condition hardly to the advantage of
my pelaku-pela is business.</div>
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Opinion: Education is Sacral Factor</div>
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Indonesia
Public till now still of opinion that formal education is equipment the
only to improve; repair life, to get work with good production, good
salary, and to fulfill primary requirements, beside can boost up degree.
This assumption by generations and always is looked after causing peeps
out assumption and places formal education as thing which sacral.</div>
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Though
all formal education, vocational school is not interesting means. As
it's (the impact, vocational schools teaching is skilled becoming not
draws. Vocational school is school for member of marginal public.
Vocational school teaching how facing and draws up life is assumed not
elite and ancient. Despitefully, vocational school is not place of for
rich man children, but majored for children from poor family.</div>
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Social
Lameness as poison impact goad to school which only is enjoyed by rich
man children will peep out oppressed feeling and not balmy among poor
people. Poor public of which cannot send to school it's (the children
will assume it as destiny which must be received and assumes it as
penalization of God. Irony, of course. But this is reality when schools
becomes is expensive and poor people [shall] no longer have place in
school.</div>
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Minister of National Education in Indonesia for the
existing likely increasingly far from nationality vision. Even with
movement of schools autonomy increasingly clearly shows capitalization
symptom of education. Now education is managed by using management of
business that is then yields cost is sky. Expense of education more and
more expensive, even impressed has become business commodity for the
owner of capital (capitalist). By using pre-eminent school label,
favorite school, peer school etcetera expense of education increasingly
strangles poor people. Our education increasingly grinds marginal clan.
Where situation of our education justice if certifiable school of that
is just for they having money only?</div>
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While as man who sure is
normal of public will choose best life. However, because of its (the
disability and its (the kepicikan in looking at education problem, its
(the objectivity is also disappears. Indonesia Public of course requires
resuscitation that education is one essential part to improve; repair
quality of it's (the humanity. Of course, there is no guarantee that
education will make people to become rich, influential, famous, and in
command.</div>
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Cover? Conclusion</div>
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Debate of length still need to be
strived before Indonesia public can look into formal education as not
the only equipment to improve; repair its(the life. Public must realize
formal education is not as of its (the pitch.</div>
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Resuscitation need
to be trained to pebisnis. School that is till now is viewed as the only
equipment which able to be used to reach for and can realize its (the
aspiration is not farm to get advantage. Therefore, not righteously
school utilized as means to make a living. In school still and ought to
slip between idealism, so that there is no reason again to expensive of
education that is with quality, complete supporting facilities, and has
various facilities.</div>
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Other alternative is publicizing intensively
that non diploma required but ethos and hard work, motivates to build
their/his self, and desires to live in better front must be inculcated
early. Public must be awaked that becoming public servant is not the
price of death.</div>
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adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15505428162663321851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9019854651670197318.post-15931036420407880832014-03-20T10:50:00.001-07:002014-03-20T10:50:06.208-07:00Education Loans Can Augment The Boundaries Of What You Can Achieve<div id="article-content" style="text-align: justify;">
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Education never ends - it is not said without reason. We are
educated all our lives and getting an education not only is a great
achievement but something that gives you the tools to find your own way
in the world. Education is indispensable; little do we realize how much
more it can bring to us in terms of worldly amplifications. Anyone can
have propensity and the natural endowment for education. But one might
not have the resources to finance their education. You certainly can't
let lack of resources impede you from advancing your prospects through
education. Then you accidentally stumble upon the word 'education
loans'. Loans for education - you have never thought about it as a
feasible arrangement. Education loans can open newer panoramas in regard
to your education aspirations.</div>
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Education loans are open to all
people in all its myriad forms. Education loans can realize your
education plans or the education plans of your children. You can
strengthen you own future and the future of your son or daughter with
education loans. An extensive range of student and parent loans are
presented under the category of education loans. There are many types of
education loans. Discerning about the types of education loans will
help you in making the accurate decision. The single largest resource of
education loans is federal loan. The two main federal education loan
programmes are the Federal Family Education Loan Programme and the
Federal Direct Loan Programme. In the Federal Family Education Loan
Programme the bank, credit union or the school is the lender. While the
federal direct loans programme, the department of education is the
lender.</div>
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Private education loans are offered to people so that they
can provide financial backup to their education plans. Private
education loans are not endorsed by other government agencies but are
provided by other financial institutions. Private education loans
programme are optimum for both undergraduate and graduate studies.</div>
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Formal
education is requisite for future success. Though this is not a hard
and fast rule, but education certainly helps you in gaining an upper
hand. With universities getting expensive by each day an education loan
will certainly give you an incentive to go ahead with your education
plans. Each year while contemplating on your education plans the thought
of finances almost invariably comes in. While working towards you
degree, you are constantly plagued about paying for the education fees,
books, and other living expenses. Education loans can provide funding
for tuition fees, board and room, books computer, and even student
travel. An education loan can help you with all these expenses.
Education loans are sufficient enough to take care of all these
expenses. If you have been forced to drop your education for any reason,
you can still take up your education at any point of time. Irrespective
of your age and also where you have left your education.</div>
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There
are no specific eligibility criteria for education loans. Any person who
is in need of sponsorship for education can find an education loan that
befits his or her financial necessity. Loan amount on education loans
vary with the kind of education you want to pursue. The repayment
options with education loans will similarly accommodate your personal
financial preferences. You can either repay interest amount while still
in school or six months after graduation. Education loans offer upto
ten years for repayments. The refund alternatives on education loans
also include deferment, forbearance and consolidation. The various
sites on education loans can give you innumerable repayment options and
monetary remuneration.</div>
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Education loans will help you in planning
your life after graduation. However, an education loan like every loan
is a huge financial obligation. An education loans is generally the
first substantial loan for most people and therefore the first major
expense. Do not be completely dependent on your education loans for the
funding of your complete education. Try to apply for any other financial
sustenance like university grants, scholarships, fellowships, work
study programmes and assistance ship and any other form of aid. This
will certainly encourage a fluid dispensation of your education loans.
You can start by going to the financial aid office in your school or
university. It will provide you further insight to the kind of education
loans, you must apply for.</div>
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Education is an experience of life. It
is so rewarding in itself that it helps you to manage almost everything
in your life. Education loans discipline your impulse towards education
and training into a fruitful contrivance. The payoff is delicious in
terms of improved quality of life. Education is expensive! Is it? With
education loans it can't be. Now, you don't have to take the road in
front of you. Make your own road with education loans.</div>
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