Comments on: Finding Meaning in a Deterministic World (Part 1) http://ztkfg.com/2019/12/finding-meaning-in-a-deterministic-world-part-1/ 198.211.113.164 // 6326 273B 61A7 00AF 4CD9 5A7B 8C6C AB19 24A6 4DEC Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:06:48 +0000 http://polimedia.us hourly 1 By: J.C. Catford's A Practical Introduction to Phonetics « whaack http://ztkfg.com/2019/12/finding-meaning-in-a-deterministic-world-part-1/#comment-138 J.C. Catford's A Practical Introduction to Phonetics « whaack Fri, 27 Dec 2019 03:52:14 +0000 http://ztkfg.com/?p=385#comment-138 [...] Introduction to Phonetics is a pleasure. The curriculum of the average ESL-producing American school lacks a study of the art of pronunciation. Not only is the ESLtard unable to speak another [...] [...] Introduction to Phonetics is a pleasure. The curriculum of the average ESL-producing American school lacks a study of the art of pronunciation. Not only is the ESLtard unable to speak another [...]

]]> By: Finding Meaning in a Deterministic World (Part 2) « whaack http://ztkfg.com/2019/12/finding-meaning-in-a-deterministic-world-part-1/#comment-121 Finding Meaning in a Deterministic World (Part 2) « whaack Thu, 19 Dec 2019 22:52:52 +0000 http://ztkfg.com/?p=385#comment-121 [...] Continued from part 1. [...] [...] Continued from part 1. [...]

]]> By: whaack http://ztkfg.com/2019/12/finding-meaning-in-a-deterministic-world-part-1/#comment-120 whaack Thu, 19 Dec 2019 15:07:55 +0000 http://ztkfg.com/?p=385#comment-120 It is infuriating. Stuyvesant swoops up a bunch of talent and then wastes it. The rest of the public zoo system is so atrocious that the parents/students are complacent. One fix would be to require the teachers pass the entrance exam. They should be held to a higher standard than the students, right? There are some good teachers that wiggled their way in through the bureaucracy, but they are rare. As luck would have it I had a great experience with my two Romanian math teachers, a Mr. Stonescu and a Ms. Pascu. I am fortunate to have experienced both the public school system and private school system in NYC. The luxuries of the private school enabled by money made it obvious that any merit Stuyvesant had did not come from the school itself. Right now, under the ever waving flag of fairness, there is a push to allow the valedictorians from poor neighborhoods / underprivileged schools to be admitted to Stuyvesant bypassing the entrance exam. I say <a href="http://trilema.com/2017/time-to-get-out-by-the-way/" rel="nofollow">let 'em in.</a> It is infuriating. Stuyvesant swoops up a bunch of talent and then wastes it. The rest of the public zoo system is so atrocious that the parents/students are complacent. One fix would be to require the teachers pass the entrance exam. They should be held to a higher standard than the students, right? There are some good teachers that wiggled their way in through the bureaucracy, but they are rare. As luck would have it I had a great experience with my two Romanian math teachers, a Mr. Stonescu and a Ms. Pascu.

I am fortunate to have experienced both the public school system and private school system in NYC. The luxuries of the private school enabled by money made it obvious that any merit Stuyvesant had did not come from the school itself. Right now, under the ever waving flag of fairness, there is a push to allow the valedictorians from poor neighborhoods / underprivileged schools to be admitted to Stuyvesant bypassing the entrance exam. I say let 'em in.

]]> By: Diana Coman http://ztkfg.com/2019/12/finding-meaning-in-a-deterministic-world-part-1/#comment-119 Diana Coman Thu, 19 Dec 2019 10:24:31 +0000 http://ztkfg.com/?p=385#comment-119 That Stuyvesant approach of "exam-choose the students but then turn it around so that it's mainly teachers that take advantage of it" is so infuriating, the usual sort of stuff that "public education for all" comes up with even when it pretends it doesn't. The advantage of having had beliefs rammed down early and then rejected by yourself is that you have very good arguments now for your own position and as such, it's way more stable than someone else's who didn't have to go through all that trouble. That Stuyvesant approach of "exam-choose the students but then turn it around so that it's mainly teachers that take advantage of it" is so infuriating, the usual sort of stuff that "public education for all" comes up with even when it pretends it doesn't.

The advantage of having had beliefs rammed down early and then rejected by yourself is that you have very good arguments now for your own position and as such, it's way more stable than someone else's who didn't have to go through all that trouble.

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