Can China Save Film?

[CGW]

ME - try to find a high school anywhere in this state (still the sixth biggest economy in the WORLD)
that even offers shop classes anymore. They were once routine. I'll bet that's the case in plenty of
other states too. Heck, they've got a multi-billion-dollar new football stadium going up across the
Bay at the same time one of the wealthiest communities in the country won't even fund the roof
patching on the local grade school, and when the bathrooms have to be locked because they can't
afford a janitor. And guess who makes the most money at our world-famous university by a factor
of more than three to one: a nobel prize laureate or the football coach?

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/b...raftsmanship-spirit-essay.html?pagewanted=all

 

[CGW]

That is slowly changing here in the US. There are organizations (universities, school districts, State and Federal government departments among others) and industry groups who are working together to build integrated systems to allow teachers to target their classes towards useful careers in realistic trades rather than the nonexistent "jobs of the future." Some of these groups are targeting K-12 education, but the office I work at is saying that most of these groups have forgotten the Career and Technical Ed. piece and that they should be focusing on P-20 (Preschool thru Doctorate), and the industry groups we are working with are on board with this as well.

What we're working towards is a more personalized education experience. This already exists in the Special Education (with their Individualized Education Plans for the P-12 group) and Early Intervention (through their Individualized Family Service Plans for 0-3 year olds). We're working to expand this to the mainstream students as well so that teachers can do a better job of teaching, and the students can more easily grasp what is being taught, with the goal of preparing them for a career of their choice.

I could continue to elaborate, but this is horribly OT.

Even more OT: start paying teachers a professional salary and stop firing them because short-sighted, self-interested taxpayers are led to believe public education doesn't work and isn't worth funding.

 

[ME Super]

I agree with DREW WILEY and CGW. However, the school district my kids go to is geographically one of the largest in the state (but most certainly not by population). It serves 8 small towns in four counties. It has one of the lowest property tax rates in the state (schools in my state are largely funded by property taxes), but is also financially one of the most stable, and one of the better funded ones.

It is this way for two reasons: 1) The parents of the district care about their kids' education and 2) The administration manages the money pretty well.

 

[Photo Engineer]

OMH.

Sitting here thinking the entire thread, we just don't know.

Why speculate? Is it fun? Not really if it keeps us from taking pictures with Kodak, Fuji and Ilford film!!!

PE

 

[RattyMouse]

OMH.

Sitting here thinking the entire thread, we just don't know.

Why speculate? Is it fun? Not really if it keeps us from taking pictures with Kodak, Fuji and Ilford film!!!

PE

Yes speculating can be fun. None of this stops me from taking photos.

 

[PKM-25]

Yes speculating can be fun. None of this stops me from taking photos.

Sure it does, you are on the Internet instead of using your camera, period.

Personally, I sometimes think the amount of time wasted on this site with speculation is pathetically sad...

 

[RattyMouse]

Sure it does, you are on the Internet instead of using your camera, period.

Personally, I sometimes think the amount of time wasted on this site with speculation is pathetically sad...

I post here when either at work, or when I have to be home. None of these times involve any chance whatsoever to go out shooting. So you are factually incorrect.

Perhaps you are wasting your time. I am not.

 

[PKM-25]

I post here when either at work, or when I have to be home. None of these times involve any chance whatsoever to go out shooting. So you are factually incorrect.

I bet a more open minded and creative approach would change that...

 

[RattyMouse]

I bet a more open minded and creative approach would change that...

Right...because everyone should be shooting images at all times right? 24 X 7, non stop shooting. Right?

Inexplicable.