An auto mechanic scientist must properly repair a car engine or he will soon be out of business. Educators and politicians in this nation are now expressing concern because they say that this nation is falling behind in the field of science. They claim that students are lacking in motivation and that students need to be stimulated and encouraged to go into scientific fields. What educators and political leaders are identifying is not a student lack of interest. It is a teacher lack of interest.
Educators are completely un-involved with physical reality.
They have no real knowledge or skill, and they do not know how to acquire it. It is ludicrous to think that someone who can barely function in physical reality will be able to convey to students a heartfelt interest in science, real knowledge of nature and the physical world. A teacher who cannot even find the fuse box in the school certainly cannot teach children about the miracle of electricity. An educator who does not know how to test the batteries in her portable radio cannot teach children about the field of electronics. An educator who cannot change the oil in his own car cannot speak to children about rotary motion or how engines have changed the world.