Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Turn On

It may be a sign of geekiness run rampant to say the following, but . . .

I came across a funny line in a recent issue of The Economist this morning.

In a short piece discussing declining performance in Europe's universities and secondary schools, even compared to the US (*gasp*), one of the targets for blame was the people in the educational systems -- they are apparently highly resistant to new ways of thinking required in a post-industrial economy.

Or, as The Economist would have it:

Q: How many teachers does it take to change a light bulb?
A: What do you mean, change?

(Substitute your preferred stick-in-the-muds accordingly -- I myself blame the teachers last.)

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