Comments on: The bleak unfuture of education, now unfurled

By: Winter in the postmodern Soviets « The Tar Pit

Winter in the postmodern Soviets « The Tar Pit — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 20:25:03 +0000

[...] Of course, for some reason "things" were obvious to me, among others, as far as 2021; and not because I'm some prophet, mind you, but because I don't really listen to any of the bullshit spewed by either side of this reality show; or rather, I don't interpret public communication as a source of truth, but rather as a source of signalling. [...]

By: Liceenii « The Tar Pit

Liceenii « The Tar Pit — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:37:33 +0000

[...] culture on the TV and no social media to poison their minds with shit. And since we're doing education: yes indeed, school was fucking hard, and in particular the mathematics were gruesome3. Some [...]

By: AI and the tech serf « The Tar Pit

AI and the tech serf « The Tar Pit — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 19:52:22 +0000

[...] And for that matter, neither is parroting articles from the press; and for that matter, neither is the press [...]

By: Moromeții 3 « The Tar Pit

Moromeții 3 « The Tar Pit — Sat, 05 Oct 2024 13:11:18 +0000

[...] young, or maybe it's because acting schools are following the same pattern of degradation as education overall. I don't know, I'm not smart and knowledgeable enough to tell, but either way, I do wish Alex [...]

By: Simplicity and ease « The Tar Pit

Simplicity and ease « The Tar Pit — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 20:33:22 +0000

[...] in other olds, the field of education has been getting progressively worse in the last two decades or so, much to no one's surprise. Just so you know, in Romania university [...]

By: Further on the future of edumacation « The Tar Pit

Further on the future of edumacation « The Tar Pit — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 21:10:00 +0000

[...] I was a wee bit too harsh in my previous article on the state of education. I hope that the reader will forgive me, but then again the discerning [...]

By: Bușteni « The Tar Pit

Bușteni « The Tar Pit — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 16:43:58 +0000

[...] a bit of respect for the mountain. Meanwhile Romanian authorities have been, in their own words, "lowering the bar intelligently", which provided access to Gura Diham to everyone and their dog, although some of the mountain [...]

By: Against the direction in Romanian culture today, translated and annotated « The Tar Pit

Sun, 28 May 2023 14:25:33 +0000

[...] I repeat myself, but that's precisely why they're called "minimum standards": so you don't fucking half-ass them. Half-assing doesn't lower the bar "intelligently", it lowers it exponentially! Or don't you [...]

By: The Lost Tools of Learning, annotated « The Tar Pit

The Lost Tools of Learning, annotated « The Tar Pit — Sun, 07 May 2023 14:17:45 +0000

[...] feat makes her speech on the problem of education all the more important in the context here [...]

By: The marks of decay « The Tar Pit

The marks of decay « The Tar Pit — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 19:22:46 +0000

[...] eye? or even: what's that "deep, technical fault" that lies in a culture where education is impossible? actually, what the hell is this "education", [...]