FACTORY SCHOOLS: Some thoughts about mass education Satoru: Do you think schools will become out-of-date in the future? Liao: No, I expect to see a hybridization of traditional education with online learning. Tim: Hmm. I'm worried. What I see happening is a form of 'fast food' education. In too many cases, schools resemble brain-washing factories. The tacit goal seems to be to dispense uniform 'knowledge' in a minimal amount of time. Liao: Yeah. Success is often measured by the number of students passing bland proficiency tests. It is mind-numbing, eh? Melissa: Well, why not use neural implants and computer interfaces instead of schools? Ordinary learning is too inefficient and most teachers are not that skilled. Tim: (About to speak, but politely refrains. Then after an awkward silence, talks hesitantly). Ah, is anyone up for another beer? ===================================================================================== from _Crassroom Voices - Poetry, Art, & Dialogs about Education_ by T Newfields SUMMARY: A dialog and image about how public schools, brain-washing, and educational alternatives. KEYWORDS: future education, educational systems, neural implants, commodified schools Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955) Begun: 2019 in Yokohama, Japan / Finished: 2019 in Yokohama, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST http://www.tnewfields.info/CrassroomVoices/succeed.htm TOC http://www.tnewfields.info/CrassroomVoices/index.html NEXT > http://www.tnewfields.info/CrassroomVoices/zombie.htm TRANSLATIONS ESPAÑOL: http://www.tnewfields.info/es/esc-fa.htm NIHONGO: http://www.tnewfields.info/jp/koujou.htm ZHŌNGWÉN: http://www.tnewfields.info/zh/gongxue.htm