Boy Howdy. People who aren't involved in education have no idea how true this is. I understand the need to have communication between the staff and the administration but ultimately it always ends up going one of two ways. It's either a new plan to cure whatever seems to be the latest issue. - this will, of course, involve more work for the teachers who know that the last fifty attempts didn't do diddly squat to make things better. Or there will be someone from the outside brought in who is an authority/specialist/gun for hire who has the answer. He too will unveil a program to make everything all better but the load will still be on the teacher's shoulders and when things don't actually improve he'll be long gone so the cycle will repeat itself. Again.
Now I need to decide if I should go to the meeting at the college this morning. Attendance for adjunct faculty is optional. It's going to be a nice day and will give me a good excuse to ride my bike and there's sure to be material for a blog post if I go. Be a really good day to cut the grass and work on a motorcycle if I decide to stay home. You can probably guess which way I'm leaning.
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It's a similar situation in manufacturing.
Maybe that's why a lot of the really great inventions are coming from small start-ups or individuals that now have access to prototyping facilities via the internet. Probably a lot easier to get something done if you don't have to fight the "but we've always done it that way" BS.
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