Geez Steve. With an attitude like that you never going to get a job in the
circus! ;)
Judging from your many doubts, I think you're envisioning something quite
different from what I'm envisioning. I'm not interested in nomadic
*poverty* only in nomadic freedom. I want to have my cake and eat it too
(I see no reason why we all shouldn't have & eat).
I'm thinking about all the piles and piles of money that society throws at
education. Not as much as on defense, maybe, but it's a respectable pile.
This is not an altruistic endeavor we're talking about. It's a better way
to help students learn and grow. If society in general can be convinced,
it could become a way to make a decent living.
-->and the idea of always being "on the road" doesn't sound like fun to me.
Ah, but if it's a good road and you've got a fast car with a good
stereo...
The road we're talking about, of course, is literally the road we're
already on. The Net.
-->So while it might be fun for a while....
It might be fun forever.
-->circus-like system for teaching (ie, even more part-timers, instructors,
-->and other non-tenure-track, non-"permanent" staff), I think the circus
-->workers/teachers would be unhappy, and education would suffer.
-->...I'd argue that considering the alternatives (the rhetorical circus, a
-->group of roving "temps" running the show)
But Steve, you seem to insist that the circus would consist of poorly paid
powerless lackeys. How do you come to that conclusion?
--Eric Crump