David Hearne wrote:
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> When it comes to teaching "self-determination," my response is similar
> to that of Jonathan Kozol's. I'm for such practices, but I have yet to
> meet anybody who is against it. Furthermore, I would like to suggest
> that a country which actually sends teens to the gas chamber doesn't
> need to push child discipline any further.
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Indeed.
Marx did suggest that work and education should be combined for children -- _in a socialist society_.
Inside capitalism, the primary virtue for children, "teens," and adults is laziness. Why in the hell did men and women die for the 8 hour day?
I have never seen any serious statistics on how youths 8 to 18 spend their time, but my own guess is that they are as overworked in various ways as are adults. Recess in schools was, I believe, long ago replaced by "physical education."
Carrol