Everything learned in 12 years of school can be learned online in less than a year...

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[–]lestratege 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (7 children)

The important word here is "CAN". The point of the school system is to have the word "WILL".

It's mostly university education that is almost fully replaceable by online classes (save lab works and other practical duties). Covid is actually showing that suddenly...

[–]bagano1 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (6 children)

Dude, I work in education, this is FALSE. There's a reason classes are held in person in a classroom. At home, there are distractions. Whether it's kids, roommates, obligations, crazy family members...at least when you're at work in person, it's easier to communicate and stay focused.

Can you imagine college students taking classes at home? That's just DUMB. We're not even talking about test-taking and cheating too.

Quit smoking whatever you're on.

[–]lestratege 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Can you imagine college students taking classes at home? That's just DUMB.

That's exactly what's going on in many countries because of COVID. Japan for example.

We're not even talking about test-taking and cheating too.

College level tests should be essays anyway, so cheating is moot.

[–]C3P0 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Essay is the least reliable test format. An essay grade changes depending on the phase of the moon, the professor's nationality, the grader's mood, or absolutely the race and gender of the student (except in colleges where essays are graded anonymously).

Have you seen an essay grading rubric? There is no objective criteria for how many points, say a comma splice, would deduct. It is all based on the grader's dubious professional "experience."

There is a reason standardized tests use multiple-choice or bubble-in-answer formats. They are fair and reliable.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

yeah I ran a lab in grad school and graded kids labs, they were like essays, in order to be fair, the first stapled page had their name on it but I got them together, took the front pages off and graded each one without knowing who the kid was.

[–]bagano1 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You clearly took too many liberal arts classes.

[–]Froglich 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Dude, I work in education, this is FALSE

Says the prison guard.

[–]JasonCarswellMental Orgy 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

" Quit smoking whatever you're on. "

Sounds like a dick teacher with a superiority complex used to bossing little people around, like my brother, a private school principle in the US (making more than in Canada) teaching spoiled brats.