These days everyone is talking about applying the business model to schools. Some advocate that if people looked at the bottom line, basically what a school produces, the school and teachers would be more accountable and this would make schools more competitive. While this seems to make sense, business minded people are usually focused on products and profits, not people. While customer service is championed by certain individuals, the overall focus in business is on the success of the company, and is not always dependent on customer satisfaction, despite what their motto may be. The argument of the schools, of course, is that we can handle it ourselves, thank you very much. But what people are forgetting is that the schools are already operating from a business-type model: the factory. No matter where I go there are bells that ring at regular intervals alerting everyone to stop what they are doing and move onto the next activity in the product...
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