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1 " As Chomsky explains, this is part of a wider movement to separate the population into two groups: the “plutonomy” and the “precariat.” The uber-wealthy thrive upon the precarious position of the “precariat” workers, who are so insecure in their livelihoods that they will not dare to strike or ask for additional benefits because of the risk of weakening their position. "
― Loren Mayshark , Academic Betrayal: The Bullying of a Graduate Student
2 " Some colleges have become institutions that no longer thrive on education, but rather on the suffering, expense, toil, and insecurity of their students, as well as insecure faculty and staff. "
3 " Chomsky reminds us of the conversations about education that took place during the Enlightenment and that continue to shape our education system today. Two major philosophies were considered: the vessel model and the string model. "
4 " Much of our education system is based on the vessel model, where the content is analogous to a liquid (information) that is poured into the vessel (student), which takes in and returns the liquid. "
5 " In the string model, the educational program lays out a structure to facilitate the goal of having the student “acquire the capacity to inquire, to create, to innovate, to challenge—that’s education.”[2] "
6 " In the string style of education, the start of the string is often a question. "