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Peddlers of Ideas
- 16-8-08
- Categorized in: EducationNews Commentaries
Jerry Kirkpatrick
Teachers are peddlers of knowledge and ideas.
Well, that's what they would be in a free market in education and that's how they should think of themselves in today's government-run and government-controlled system.
In a free market in education, teachers would be sales reps for their schools. Some might even be owner-entrepreneurs who hang out their shingles and then must recruit — i.e., sell and service — their paying customers by meeting the customers' needs and wants.
Teachers are peddlers of knowledge and ideas.
Well, that's what they would be in a free market in education and that's how they should think of themselves in today's government-run and government-controlled system.
In a free market in education, teachers would be sales reps for their schools. Some might even be owner-entrepreneurs who hang out their shingles and then must recruit — i.e., sell and service — their paying customers by meeting the customers' needs and wants.
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