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To: afraidfortherepublic

Wow, kids really don’t want to do anything these days.

This is one very, very limited instance in which I’d support the government stepping in because they’re not an accredited source of education.

And I do mean very, very limited instance. It’s like that company wants kids to grow up to be government workers.


5 posted on 01/20/2014 10:25:03 AM PST by wastedyears (The Ender's Game movie was a stupendous, colossal, galactic failure to me.)
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To: wastedyears
I don't see why the government should step in. We need to go back to education in which the teacher and student actaully sit in the same room and the teacher supervises the process of writing....research, outlining, rough draft, final copy, class discussion where student answers questions about the work.

In the classrooms I was in, students didn't usually write outlines. In some instances, they did, but didn't even know you're supposed to start with the Roman Numerals, then enhance each topic.

My point? Shallow education with the wrong priorities is the problem. Solve that and the cheating corporations would be less popular.

It isn't a new concept that students pay others to research or even write their papers.

16 posted on 01/20/2014 10:38:21 AM PST by grania
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To: wastedyears
This is one very, very limited instance in which I’d support the government stepping in because they’re not an accredited source of education.

Oh, so now an individual or organization is not allowed to provide educational resources unless they are certified by the government?

28 posted on 01/20/2014 11:06:28 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (Obamacare: You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.)
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To: wastedyears

>> This is one very, very limited instance in which I’d support the government stepping in <<

There might not need to be direct government intervention. Perhaps a university or individual professor could sue the Dallas company and/or others like it under existing anti-fraud or anti-racketeering statutes.

For example, there are federal laws forbidding use of interstate wire communications to commit fraud, and a sympathetic federal judge might allow a RICO action to go forward.

Or at the state level, an old-fashioned tort case might go forward under common law, even where specific local laws have not been enacted.

Anyway, this is one area where I think we could applaud aggressive steps by the damage-suit lawyers!


35 posted on 01/20/2014 11:24:15 AM PST by Hawthorn
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To: wastedyears

I’d only do it for the usless liberal arts courses they make you take like philosphy or service learning.


58 posted on 01/20/2014 1:31:05 PM PST by deputytess (Men of the West .....stand and FIGHT!)
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