Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 13:22:39 +0200 (EET) From: Meelis Koll <meelis-AT-kairi.pltsyg.edu.ee> Subject: Re: Ivan Illich? On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Sandi & Scott Spaeth wrote: > Anybody ever heard of this guy? A very interesting person: non-conventional priest with good-developed conscience and many original ideas. His arguments against school -- I feel, I'm more or less agreed. BTW, I'm working as teacher (computing/informatic) and I see every day, that all the bad things, about what did write I. Illich, are living and had a good health today. Well, but I can't be agreed to his ideas about childhood; my point of view is, the child is child at the same. > him not forseeing homeschooling or the world wide web Well, I don't trust in WWW, not so very much; here I'm talking about teaching in WWW. All those courses in web: at first seemed as effective and innovatory, but when we are thinking about quality of education? And how to control those knowledge? Test? Testing to control knowledge is ridiculous at all, in my mind. It means, the occasion rules! And when everywhere are working occasionally people... Bureaucrats are rejoice and feel, they are very-very needful! To rule superficial commonwealth. M.K.
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