I learned two things in university, the location of the library and the importance of data. No one mentioned how to determine which data had value. This is something I develop in my book, Shadow
Dancing on the Grave of Hope.
I see that GM, using my money, is advertising as aggressively as before the bailout.
Any class war will be between those who ride on the gravy train and those who pull it.
Social justice means not caring about the race, color or creed of the people who pay for social engineering.
The Big Historical Lie in Education
As with all falsehoods visited upon us by ideologues, whether this a lie or an oversight resulting from the lack of scholarship which in turn comes from the lack of necessity for scholarship, it is difficult to say. Where there are no consequences for falsehood, truth occurs sporadically and randomly–not a conspiracy, but a mixture of truth and falsehoods leaning to the necessity of government control and provision of education.
This lie is shown in an exemplar quotation from the World Bank which states, “In practice no country has achieved significant improvement in…primary education without government involvement.” quoted by Tooley in The Beautiful Tree, p. 207.
Tooley, J. (2009). The Beautiful Tree. Washington, DC, Cato Institute.
Facts against the necessity of government schooling are found in:
West, E.G. (1994) Education and the State: A Study in Political Economy Third Edition, Revised and Expanded. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund.
Wolf, A. (2002) Does Education Matter? Myths about education and economic growth . London: Penguin Books.
As West says, about education in England and Wales, “When the government made its debut in education in 1833 mainly in the role of subsidiser it was as if it jumped into the saddle of a horse that was already galloping.” p. 172. West outlines the large increase in the number of students before government control. This is consistent with Wolf’s observation that prosperity leads to education, not the other way around.
Individual striving will take care of education when it is prudent to do it and will do it much cheaper than any government agency.
Cheers and ttfn,
Grant Coulson
