Rick Mabry ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Karl Miller responds to Kevin Sutton:
>
>>>So, I say again, since the public pays for public radio, they should
>>>get what they want.
>>
>>Since the public pays for education should the public determine the
>>content of education?
>
>Unfortunately, there is a thriving subculture of the education bidness
>who subscribe to the "student as customer" model.  Gag me with a spoon:

Me too. Some of our college subscribe to this nonsense. What is wrong,
I as, with the "student as learner" model?

>But I also want to learn something myself, which is why it aggravates
>me to hear "Planets" every other day.  If public radio is just playing
>requests, it isn't really educational.

Precisely.  I wonder if you can actually specify what you want to hear
(learn) and still have it be educational?

Deryk Barker
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