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savebigbird

(417 posts)

6. I have to say something.

Reply to Coyotl (Original post)

Mon Feb 11, 2013, 08:44 AM

Feb 2013

Schools aren't businesses. Kids aren't products. They are HUMAN BEINGS - too complex to quantify with statistics. Bill Gates is an expert on computing, not teaching. He lacks in knowledge of basic brain science and pedagogy. It would be of poor logic and an ignorance of science to take orders in teaching from this man. People just don't understand that.

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An Open Letter to Bill Gates: Why Not Measure This? [View all] Coyotl Feb 2013 OP

its all in how we define d_r Feb 2013 #1

an all time great quote: DonCoquixote Feb 2013 #2

That sentence made me look for the Like button! Coyotl Feb 2013 #3

Somebody, LWolf Feb 2013 #4

This essay is great. Starry Messenger Feb 2013 #5

I have to say something. savebigbird Feb 2013 #6

Ditto for Waltons, Broad, Obama, Duncan, Rhee, and everybody else duffyduff Feb 2013 #7

Aw, man! Reader Rabbit Feb 2013 #8