[lbo-talk] a plug for nathan newman

[R]

with all due respect for what's been written ... and what hasn't ... some
kids do better in schools and some don't.  that's the problem with
black/white thinking.  no system has all the answers.

R

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck0" <chuck at mutualaid.org>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 8:38 AM
Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] a plug for nathan newman


: Doug Henwood wrote:
:
: > So in your utopia there'd be no schools - you don't want better schools,
: > but no schools - and I'm guessing no health care either, since there'd
: > be no financing mechanism and no workers.
:
: Of course there will be no schools! We don't need schools to learn, in
: fact they interfere and inhibit the pearning process. There has been a
: movement against schooling dating back over a century. There is an
: entire network of "unschools" plus a bigger network of secular
: homeschoolers. Advocating the abolition of schools is not a wide-eyed
: utopian dream--tens of thousands of average working people are involved
: everyday in projects that aim to teach learning outside of a schooling
: context. And I don't need to reiterate all of the problems with schools,
: which are well discussed in the literature.
:
: Chuck0
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