Re: FW: Today's depressing NYT article

[Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2019 18:52:51 -0800 (PST)
 >
 > did you read the article?
 > depressing indeed
 > another casuality of inequality

 > From: http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)
 > To: Brian <http://www.cs..edu/~b>
 > Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 09:18:28 -0800
 > 
 > Here's a contrary view (sorta):
 > 
 >  https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=614054515
 > 
 > I don't think there are any studies in this case, but it is an appealing point
 > of view (at least, to me).

 > On Thu, 7 Feb 2019, Robert wrote:
 >  >  > From: Brian <http://www.cs..edu/~b>
 >  >  > Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2019 15:12:15 -0800
 >  >  >
 >  >  >  https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/opinion/helicopter-parents-economy.html
 >  >  > 
 >  >  > Apparently that big flurry of progressive education in the 1970s that got
 >  >  > me interested in teaching happened because (or, more precisely, was able to 
 >  >  > happen because) economic inequality was at a dramatic low point then, so in 
 >  >  > particular going to college mattered less economically than before or 
 >  >  > since, so parents felt it was okay to let kids be who they wanted.
 >  >  > 
 >  >  > But today, getting your kid into a competitive preschool really does pay off.
 >  >  > 
 >  >  > Sigh.
 >  >  > 
 >  >  > (P.S.  The good news is that Germany won't let Facebook combine the info 
 >  >  > you give them explicitly with info about you from other sources Facebook 
 >  >  > controls.  This is huge, if it survives the appeal process.)