I just watched “Bill Gates Unplugged” and I liked some of what I saw.
Having lived in Swaziland when I was a kid, malaria is more than just something I have read about. My father is a teacher right now in Public schools, so the issues that we have with our education programs in the USA is again, more than just something I have read about.

One of the things that Mr. Gates suggested was to use cameras in every classroom. On the one hand this sounds like a great idea, and I realize that there is little to no expectation of privacy in a classroom. However my fear is that once people get used to the idea of being “spied” upon, they will accept and even welcome, more and more scrutiny into their daily lives. That said, I am hard pressed to think of a more scalable way to accomplish what he suggests of having classroom content recorded and available for anyone to review.

I know several people, many of them teachers, will feel threatened by some of the ideas that Mr. Gates brings forth. Including that after three years of teaching there is little, to no improvement in a teachers ability. Or that having a Masters degree does not mean you are a better teacher.

I think I may have to have a chat with my dad about some of these ideas, since he is a teacher who has been doing this for more than three years and has a Masters degree.

I ran across this article, where a researcher has stepped up to say that there isn’t a link between violent video games and school shootings.
Duh.
You might as well try and say that Music is resp… oh wait, they tried that too.. ummm. Well, it must have been the movies… crap, they tried that too… I know TV… wait.. nevermind…

Why is it so hard for people to accept responsibility for their own actions? “The devil made me do it” hasn’t been a valid defense for a long, long time, but people seem to always be looking for something else to use as the new devil.