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Peer reviewedLinnehan, Paul J. – English Journal, 1984
A parody of Swift that calls for American parents to once again take the responsibility of education for their children by teaching them by computer at home and abolishing the school system. (CRH)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Humor, Parent Role, Parody
Snider, Robert C. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1983
Satirical projection of the future of education up to 1994 when, says the author, public school enrollment will have dropped to only 13.2 percent of all school children and tuition tax credits will have led to a greatly expanded enrollment in private schools and increasing computer sales. (JBM)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Futures (of Society), Private School Aid
Download full textSmith, John L. – 1998
This paper uses sarcastic irony, a la Jonathan Swift in "A Modest Proposal," to create a satirical inquiry into the future demise of community colleges. Beginning with a discouraged, present-day community college professor who is visited by a holographic professor from the future, the paper depicts an educational system completely…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Distance Education
