Comment by RealityVoid
6 years ago
They are a product of industrialization! But here is what's the nagging thought on my mind. This industrialized schooling has allowed basic human knowledge to be disseminated at a faster pace than ever before. The need to do so caused it to roll back on quality, sometimes greatly. But without this tradeoff, would knowledge be able to reach so many? Is there some sort of balance point to be reached?
I agree that currently, education systems are terrible, but is there any way to maintain them at scale that is not?
That's an interesting point - sacrificing quality for quantity. You see it in so many fields. Like agriculture. Back in the day, every farm was 100% organic. But just try feeding today's population that way. Now you pay a premium for organic. So in some sense maybe education is no different. Just doing more with less, or rather, doing less, for more people.
Another interesting point: People graded on quantity (making pots) made better pots than those graded on quality (one masterpiece).
https://excellentjourney.net/2015/03/04/art-fear-the-ceramic...
"Quantity has a quality all its own!" :)