Comments on: Too Much Capacity http://www.blogrel.com/2006/10/07/1480/ A blog about Armenia: business, politics, the future and good lavash Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:21:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5 by: frieda http://www.blogrel.com/2006/10/07/1480/#comment-165112 Sat, 07 Oct 2006 15:02:03 -0700 http://www.blogrel.com/2006/10/07/1480/#comment-165112 I have noticed the same thing, and I have been in Armenia for only a week. There are too much overhead everywhere. I was here 10 years ago, and what I have witnessed in a short week is a false version of Capitalist system. The government can not have the cpaitalist system withouth rule of law. They got everything backwards!!! sad situation I have noticed the same thing, and I have been in Armenia for only a week. There are too much overhead everywhere. I was here 10 years ago, and what I have witnessed in a short week is a false version of Capitalist system. The government can not have the cpaitalist system withouth rule of law. They got everything backwards!!! sad situation

]]> by: Observer http://www.blogrel.com/2006/10/07/1480/#comment-165169 Sat, 07 Oct 2006 17:11:55 -0700 http://www.blogrel.com/2006/10/07/1480/#comment-165169 I agree to all the arguments above. Wholeheartedly. I was educated to be a teacher. Never spent a day teaching in school, becuase I was a good student: so I found a decent job. Now looking at the fellow-graduates of my Teachers' Training Institute I can see a trend: all of those who were any good as students have found decent jobs, and definately not at an educational establishment. Does this explain mediocracy among the school teachers these days? I agree to all the arguments above. Wholeheartedly. I was educated to be a teacher. Never spent a day teaching in school, becuase I was a good student: so I found a decent job. Now looking at the fellow-graduates of my Teachers’ Training Institute I can see a trend: all of those who were any good as students have found decent jobs, and definately not at an educational establishment.

Does this explain mediocracy among the school teachers these days?

]]> by: nanul http://www.blogrel.com/2006/10/07/1480/#comment-165189 Sat, 07 Oct 2006 17:47:15 -0700 http://www.blogrel.com/2006/10/07/1480/#comment-165189 I agree with all your points. Everybody says that we had really good soviet education system. Forget about it. Look at what we have now. It is a disaster. Whatever is left is only the shadow of it. There are no decent libraries, no labs, no desire or drive to teach or learn. If we want to improve the economy and the life of average Armenian we need new 21st century education--courses in entrepreneurship and computer skills and not "ashxatanqi usutsum" which used to teach carpenter skills to boys and sewing to girls. Who needs those skills??? We are not going to compete with Chine with our sewing skills. By not optimizing and reforming the system and addressing the corruption in schools and universities, the government does more harm than help. And it is another topic of discussion who are our government officials and lawmakers today:-( Here is what the market economy does--those bright ones who were educated to be teachers now work for international organizations or have left the country, and whoever is left (mostly those who got admitted to universities with bribes and could hardly be described as successful students) teach at our schools. SAD. I agree with all your points. Everybody says that we had really good soviet education system. Forget about it. Look at what we have now. It is a disaster. Whatever is left is only the shadow of it. There are no decent libraries, no labs, no desire or drive to teach or learn. If we want to improve the economy and the life of average Armenian we need new 21st century education–courses in entrepreneurship and computer skills and not “ashxatanqi usutsum” which used to teach carpenter skills to boys and sewing to girls. Who needs those skills??? We are not going to compete with Chine with our sewing skills. By not optimizing and reforming the system and addressing the corruption in schools and universities, the government does more harm than help. And it is another topic of discussion who are our government officials and lawmakers today:-(

Here is what the market economy does–those bright ones who were educated to be teachers now work for international organizations or have left the country, and whoever is left (mostly those who got admitted to universities with bribes and could hardly be described as successful students) teach at our schools. SAD.

]]> by: Kshatagh Coalition http://www.blogrel.com/2006/10/07/1480/#comment-165217 Sat, 07 Oct 2006 18:51:55 -0700 http://www.blogrel.com/2006/10/07/1480/#comment-165217 Officials should transfer some of these misspent resources to Artsakh and Kasatagh where the educational system in the rural areas is severly lacking. We have a on-line petition on the web-site that addresses some related issues. Please go to: www.kashatagh.com Officials should transfer some of these misspent resources to Artsakh and Kasatagh where the educational system in the rural areas is severly lacking.

We have a on-line petition on the web-site that addresses some related issues.

Please go to: www.kashatagh.com

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