"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Ubiquity U: The Rise of Disruptive Learning
"Tax-funded systems of education face the end of an era. Soaring tuition costs and student loan burdens are crushing household budgets. Students steeped in social networks and entertainment-rich media skip or tune out in class. In an era of torrential change, moreover, what students do retain—perhaps 20 to 30 percent—is likely to be outdated within a year or two of graduation."
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