Re: [OS:N:] Re: Questionaire about the support of students rights and the freedom in the learning environment
James Michael DuPont <[email protected]>
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--- Evan Leibovitch <[email protected]> wrote: > James Michael DuPont wrote: > > > I am not saying redhat should open up its content, > > it has the right to sell content. The FSEDU project seeks to > compete > > with RedHat and others by providing content. > > Hello Mike. > > Regarding the LPI certification program -- FSEDU is not only invited > but > encouraged to compete. Thank, I will be reviewing this in detail. I have been looking into distance learning courses and currently into the political and the financing side of the equasion. I think the place that needs to be looked into the most is where the courses are getting taxpayer funding. > Anyway, my point is that alternatives exist, and that as such I don't > think > that anyones' rights are being taken away. Alternatives exists for some things. Lets look at the case of a high school teacher that says the english report has to be delivered in word format. Examples like that are abounding. These contracts are by design to take away rights. Students are being pressured into to agreeing with them, or the are not able to take part in the learning experience. You might say that they can choose not to take part, but is it fair for a taxpayer funded course to have these requirements? Who is benefitting from this? Are the contracts under any type of government control? Can a teacher in a local high school decide on his own to require the newest version of msword? I think that we have to look at the real issues at hand, and on the large scale, there is a wholesale removal of the rights of millions of students. They are not informed of their rights properly, and are given no real alternatives then to sign them away. mike ===== James Michael DuPont http://introspector.sourceforge.net/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Subscription and Archive: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/open-source-now-list/ - For K12OS technical help join K12OSN: <https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn>