Education

Certainly a wrong turn was made in education when somebodies (the education-types) decided education had to be "relevant." This likely came from the '50s' and, esp, '60s' movements, was fostered in the '70s, and became established in the '80s.

First, what is "relevant?" What does that mean? Who decides what is "relevant" and what isn't? Isn't that handing over education to the students, who, without question, have no real idea what education is supposed to be yet? Haven't, then, the "education-types" relinquished, even abdicated, their obligations, allowing students to determine what is to be learned--under the guise of "relevance?"

Of course, the "education-types" would argue otherwise. They are believers in "relevance" or what they call "relevancy." (Like the use of the the word competency for competence, this, to me, grates like fingernails on the blackboard.) And, these "education-types" are those with the educational experiences that are least rigorous and with the least quality. And they are now making the decisions.

Woe is us!