Do you think people who live in the country are at a major disadvantage and really miss out on the benefits of learning as a result?
2006-09-07 02:53:18 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
There are people in here who sound like they live in an island in the middle of the ocean...totally secluded and ignorant to so many things. I'm wondering if living in the middle of nowhere is why they are like this? How can people know so little and live in a country like America?
2006-09-07 04:52:37 · update #1
And granted intelligent people are everywhere...but some people like little miss dip there on American Idol (what's calamari?) could sing but she was so dumb I think that's what did her in. I believe there is a link between isolation and ignorance is all...and people in the country are more isolated. So do you agree that geography has something to do with it??
2006-09-07 04:56:22 · update #2
I understand and agree with you Deep but I hear so many home school their kids too...so I don't know how these kids ever come to have an understanding that people who are raised in a big city do is all. Naivety is one thing but without living in a world of information you can only absorb so much...or so little.
2006-09-07 04:58:46 · update #3
Geography may well be a contributing factor to eductional success, among many contributing factors. I don't, however, believe it is determinative.
2006-09-07 02:58:22 · answer #1 · answered by jurydoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is totally dependent upon the educators in the school system. I grew up in a town of less than 2000 people. My parents are both teachers at the elementary school in town. All of the teachers at the school are exceptional at what they do and have access to just as much information as any other school. The only limitation is funding. Good teachers find ways around it. I was able to go to USC with a scholarship and grants and felt in many ways like my education was better than a lot of people I met who weren't in a rural setting. Each school district differs in quality not because of location, but because of the quality of the people in leadership positions within the district and the quality of the educators.
2006-09-07 10:01:17 · answer #2 · answered by deep bass 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WHAT?
Living in the country? As in rural areas?
That's absurd.
Read Charles Townes biography.
Look at standardized test scores.
What a bunch of pretentious rubbish.
Where does such nonsense come from?
Try listening to people from large cities. You'll find plenty of ignorance there too. Your whole assertion lacks all logic. In fact it's loaded w/ many fallacies.
Maybe you aren't the right person to judge...
2006-09-07 09:58:01 · answer #3 · answered by Iridium190 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋