/sci/ - Science & Math

Was anyone else's early schooling a joke? I remember it clearly and I remember the arbitrary nature of the things we learned, the focus on memorization of facts over comprehension of broad concepts. I think the issue is that teachers are dumb - education majors generally aren't very smart

Should the government subsidize education a lot more to make education a viable career path for successful engineers and scientists, as opposed to industry? Seems like it, otherwise education will get the intellectual dregs of society - only those who are either too incompetent to go into industry and make more money, or those who have some deep desire to be a teacher, which isn't in itself a good selection criteria for intellect.