Journal 8

In class, we watched a video about the APM or Automatic Professor Machine. It was a video that showed in a very sarcastic way, that distance learning is inferior to traditional. It did this by endorsing this goofy machine that would eliminate the costly buildings and teachers required for education. The APM would simply run you through various courses and spit out your diploma, an event they like to call "commencement." I found that part to be especially humorous. I also noticed that it still cost a lot of money to take the courses. In fact, if there were no schools and everyone just used the APMs, then everyone would have to pay the same amount. Not everyone pays the same amount for school. Some people look for cheap colleges while others look for more prestigious schools. All of that is lost with the APM because the experience is thrown away and education just becomes mindless computer courses with absolutely no variation. The thought that distance learning could eliminate traditional education is truly laughable, however it would have been funnier if the video was about fifteen minutes shorter. Still, the message was clear and I enjoyed the video for the most part.