Apple CEO lambasts teacher unions

[Jean-Christophe Helary]

On 17 févr. 07, at 23:02, Matt Johnston wrote:
>>> That's wacked. He made two statements.
>>>
>>> 1. Technology is not going to improve schooling, Good teachers will
>>> 2. Unionisation is protecting bad teachers at the expense of good.
>>>
>>> I agree 100% with those statements.
>>
>> That is wishful thinking. He did not make such statements. Read  
>> the article again. What he is quoted as saying shows little to no  
>> understanding of what schools are supposed to achieve, of what  
>> public service is and of what unions are. Maybe he is smarter than  
>> what the article says as a citizen, I hope so.
>
> Again, it's a simple message. Technology is not going to fix things  
> while there are crap teachers in the system.

I can agree with that. But please, let the unions out of that. Or  
become a member and change them from inside. That is what I do, when  
I can, and it is way more productive than such stances.

> How you want to interpret it is similar to the arguments arising  
> from Jobs on Music which has seen a multitude of different people  
> with widely different opinions on what was meant. It seemed simple  
> to me but then I'm uncomplicated.
>
> In the Jobs on Music debacle, the only wrong opinion is Rob Enderle  
> (and only because the laws of the universe conspire to make it so)

I've not read him (link ?), and I thought Jobs' idea of actually  
writing something was in itself positive.

JC