Solution for the Education Maelstrom

CNET Story on OLPC -- a comment

In the comments to a CNET article discussing One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) XO computer, the commentator below perhaps hit a key point.

by tudza October 24, 2008 5:55 PM PDT
Let's not forget that almost all the K12 classes in the U.S. get are getting a bad reputation for not teaching those students well. Switching technologies from new to old doesn't necessarily get you any better results.

The true solution is to buy everyone Korean parents.

Korean parents for sale
You say you're not all
That you want to be
You say you got a bad environment
Your work at school's not going well

Korean parents for sale
You say you need a little discipline
Someone to whip you into shape
They'll be strict but they'll be fair

Look at the numbers
That's all I ask
Who's at the head of every class?
You really think
They're smarter than you are
They just work their ***** off
Their parents make them do it

Posted by Larry Winkler at October 26, 2008 2:03 PM
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