Originally Posted by woj

Did you guys ever wonder why teachers need to teach the same thing over and over each year? It appears to make most sense to just tape the lectures once, and then just play them to students each year?

They could just take the best teachers in the world, have them tape amazing lectures full of visual aids, etc, on different topics. Students would watch them, then few times per week they would go to school to discuss the topics learned, ask questions, engage in group activities, etc

Seems like this approach would save ton of $$ and could even result in better education...