DokPsy
@DokPsy@lemmy.world
- Comment on A sudden epiphany. 1 week ago:
Well, yes and no. A large part of the design of the system is conformity and preparing the population to be part of the workforce. No matter if that’s blue collar/unskilled labor for the poors or white/gold collar for the rich.
But, a key part of the overall educational system is supposed to also create an educated population which would increase the entire country’s economic strength.
Both of these things can be true at the same time. Things that degrade the quality of education will likewise depress the economic strength but make for a more subservient population.
The degradation I was referring to was the focus on making the numbers look good instead of making sure the students actually learned. They are made to regurgitate facts/figures instead of think about the implications or ramifications of any part of what they are being tested on. Things that incentivise school systems fudging numbers or making tests excessively easy do nothing to help the students learn. They do both the kids and the country as a whole a disservice.
My point is, that doesn’t have to be the way things are. The education system is wholly focused on the wrong metrics and reacting to them in the predictably wrong ways.
- Comment on A sudden epiphany. 2 weeks ago:
The infuriating thing is that it doesn’t have to be. It’s been gutted, filleted, and various other words of a similar effect over the decades to the detriment of the entire populous
- Comment on A sudden epiphany. 2 weeks ago:
For me, it was realizing that while I was smart, the shit level of schooling was more an impediment to me gaining the skills needed to continue excelling and I continue to be surrounded by absolute dipshits wherever I go.
In school, I didn’t have to study to pass and there was no real incentive to learn how to. This bit me when it came to university because the lectures didn’t cover everything that was to be tested on. Turns out, trying is a skill I never needed until then.
Then, in the workforce, I’m constantly exhausted dealing with people who are at best functionally literate and I have to cater to their understanding of literally everything. No desire to either understand the problem or fix the root cause, just make the thing do what they want right then.
- Comment on Is "dark humor" generally acceptable or is it just my parents/culture more sensitive towards jokes? 3 weeks ago:
Depends on who gets burned tbh
If the person burned has been boasting that they’re fireproof all night, that’s hilarious
- Comment on there is a special place in hell for these scientists 3 weeks ago:
I’d say they’re experiencing being doom guy but that’s just a guess
- Comment on Informative review 6 months ago:
You leave my tube taco topping choices alone. I’ll put cooked roots, processed milk, egg-oil, and whatever else if I like
- Comment on Why is the progress pride flag so poorly designed (especially the intersex progress pride flag)? Will it be redesigned? 9 months ago:
I was thinking more adding from outside the visible spectrum. So a flag with the entire electromagnetic spectrum from ~10^-20m to ~10^17m
- Comment on Asshole Lab Rat 1 year ago:
Diogenes then
- Comment on lab toys 1 year ago:
Either way, blood sacrifice
- Comment on lab toys 1 year ago:
It’s not just PC building. Was a known tradition when I did industrial controls.
Also: magic smoke
- Comment on Anon enjoys a quiet night at home 1 year ago:
Avalynne O’Brien is pretty close
- Comment on I found a weird IP address on my network that had transmitted an insanely small amount of data. I put the address in my browser and got this. what the heck am I looking at? 1 year ago:
Hey, I’m not normally one to judge but it seems like a bad idea to call yourself spyware. Either you’re going to blow your cover or it’s just negative self talk.
- Comment on Glad to see Lemmy users appreciating diversity 2 years ago:
I believe you’ll find that it’s Ebony and Ivory. … Side by side in perfect harmony