Juxtapositions
are those twists of fate, coincidences, and happenstance all randomly buzzing
about, waiting for that inevitable collision that befuddles the mind and
assails reason.
Juxtapositions
are so common that they usually go unnoticed even when they do collide. However
they don’t always go unnoticed. They sometimes collide like two asteroids in
space - with a kinetic energy that is hard to ignore.
As an example,
consider the state of our educational system. Through our government we pay the
highest salaries with handsome pensions along with great working conditions, and
short number of annual working days.
What do we get?
We get demands
for ever increasing incomes and benefits. We witness boisterous rallies,
threats of work to rule, endless braggadocio as to their superior teaching
abilities and even exaggerate the quality of their product.
These academics
should try the 1895 8th grade final exam located here: http://www.niagarawinnerscircle.com/Grade8Exam.html
Regardless of
one’s stance on the issues, the intricacies and minutia of their contractual
ballet will go on ad-infinitum or until there is a credible challenge to the
system.
Before it’s too late
they should consider trimming unnecessary fat: http://www.niagarawinnerscircle.com/Fat-in-Education.html
We have been
labouring under a singular focus on self-serving wisdom. But now we have, what
could very well be, our first viable juxtaposition.
After all of the
spin and misinformation we’ve be fed by academia, we now have to listen to
another gang of know-it-all’s telling us that we are in need of better trained skilled workers from
offshore to fill our need for SKILLED WORKERS.
What was the old
adage about teaching a man to fish?
Perhaps instead
of importing the better trained skilled worker, we should consider importing
the proven superior educators from their obviously superior education system.
After we blow
away the dust and chaff we will find people like Salmon Khan.
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