>Pirsig's former self in ZMM, Phaedrus, conducts an experiment while
teaching
>on getting rid of the whole degree-and-grading system. This system is
>intriguing, and appears to work very well, however it exists independent of
>the world, in a little vacuum, which wouldn't ever work.
>
>Let's presume that we want to incorporate his idea of abolishing grades and
>degrees from education so students are getting an education for purely
>education's sake. With no degrees, a company will not know of any
>creditentials with which to discriminate prospective employees.
Ok all the rest of the post was based on this assumption so I'll start here.
The credentials that would be used would be projects showing the student's
ability to apply what they learned in school, a practice that is allready
very common. Hopefully the student has had oppourtunities in school to do
this. Getting rid of the degree-and-grading would actually benefit the
employers since it would put more focus on the students ability to think and
apply their knowledge and in the process provide employers with the
oppourtunity to judge various examples and hire the employee demonstrating
the most desireable skills. This cannot be accomplished with a degree and
grading system.
Stephen M.
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