Headline Feb 2nd, 2012 / The Continuing Education Of Education

The Continuing Education Of Education

Respectful and admiring dedication President and Mrs Jimmy Carter!
Two Great Humans!

The truth is that even beyond the monumental symbolism, Student Angel Mother is truly humbled by the ever growing commitment that Students the World over, so shown. With free will and wilfull streak, we are bound to build a better world! And in the meantime, take a look at some true stats :

• The average student debt has gone up to 26,000 from 16,000 in 1999
• Indians now own more than 569 million handsets.
• China now has over 438 million internet users and
• The world has over 934 million undernourished human
• Also, The World Population has crossed 7.4 billion

The cost of education throughout the world is on a fee rise! Even higher middle class families are having severe difficulties in having a single child educated. If you consider all of the above in pattern , you'll easily figure the basic inference: "Why can't the  world learn? "

Try Comparing the student populations of different countries. See what you think through!

So, How are we going to attract quality teachers without offering them higher salaries? When the biggest predictor of test scores is socio-economic status. Public schools are the microcosm of society; as poverty increases and schools are forced to provide expensive academic intervention?!!

Can the bankrupt countries of the developing world even conceive that!? The world has to face up to the truth that "The Educational System at All Levels Needs to be Fixed". Pointing fingers at educators or even the students will get us nowhere. But the hurting reality is that "Teaching" has lost it's prestige the world over and in many cases the teachers have become the perennial scapegoats and, the focus of media criticism . Therefore, the best and the brightest students will no longer be willing to go into education.

Like the great economist, Milton Freidman, Student Angel Mother too has become besotted with the notion of choice, the idea of markets. We give students choices, the best students form and services will rise to the top.

But in the discrete culture of poverty , the daily life has more dimensions than one can discern; a unique lesson in the education of education. With prayers for a peaceful world, Goodnight!

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