我的Coursera（2015/1/26） - American Education Reform：History, Policy, Practice

1/26

Week 1的课程上线了。另一门课只有一个Video，这个有七个！

我已经申请了Critical Thinking的Signature Track，本来打算这门课只听听而已。粗略看了课程资料，因为我刚好看过上海交大的通识教材《美国文明史》，课程资料的问题，刚好是我可以解答的。拿证书也不是不可能。而且这门与我想读的博士课程息息相关。好在signature track的截止日还没到，晚上先听了课再说。

把打零工赚的一万块钱存到paypal里，以后这种工资以外的收入，就作为自己的终身教育基金。（话说我翻译教材能得到多少钱呢？？）

本月就修了两门课。分别记录学习过程。

1/28

昨天听了第一个视频。美国名校的课程，老师语速快，课外阅读量大，作业也不好做。。。这是一个持久战。我把讲义和讲稿都放到evernote里。慢慢看吧。

嘉乾盛世的时候，美国人就能有这样的体会。就能让大学小学遍地开花，就已经用法律为义务教育护航。妈的，5000年历史，培养出那么多奴才，到底美个什么劲！
Imagine better agricultural practices,
improved manufacturing,
better financial management,
fewer locks on doors, fewer pillories and
whipping posts and jails,
all of which are expensive.
Expounding an argument one hears
in political debates even today
in tax-stingy Pennsylvania,
Rush concluded, I believe it could
be proved that the expenses of confining,
trying and executing criminals
amount every year in most of the counties
to more money than would be sufficient
to maintain all the schools that
would be necessary in each county.