maximmm
Joined: 01 Feb 2008
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 Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:39 pm Post subject: |
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| cwflaneur wrote: |
Speaking in maximmm's defense, I will say that people who can't use their receptive language faculties properly and read in context, even when what they're hearing or reading takes the form of blunt sarcasm, make me sicker (and waste everyone's time). |
Bah, defended by the person I was meaning to offend. Alas, sarcasm is exactly what it was.... it gets me in trouble in Korea more so than in any other country.
With sarcasm off, however, I would still have to say that any/most professionals could be replaced by robots. Thus, any professional could be seen as a burden on our society (financially, if nothing else?).
Teaching language is not that different from teaching math - there are different teaching methods/approaches involved.
So far there's only area that computers have not been able to excel in - creativity. To say that an artist is somehow better able to contribute to society than, let's say, a teacher - that is an utter nonsense.
So, again, how is a Math teacher better than an English teacher?
In fact, a self-taught math student would probably be able to master the subject to a much greater degree than a self-taught language student (if living outside of a country where the target language is used).
In that sense, my argument is that education in itself could be considered a burden on our society - hence the computer chip scenario.
At the same time, as I've said before, most professionals can be seen as such a burden as well - once a robot that is able to do surgeries better than any doctor gets created, what is the purpose of having human doctors? |
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