[lbo-talk] choices [was: trash talking the lumpenproletariat]

[Tayssir John Gabbour]

On 11/15/06, B. <docile_body at yahoo.com> wrote:
> To dust off some old Bakunin: "Societies prepare the
> crimes, individuals commit them."
>   [...]
> But unless those absolute lines are met,
> case-by-case judgments seem best, weighing individual
> & social background in each offense.

I think Gatto's _Underground History of Education_* convincingly
presents the other side -- how monstrous our systems of education can
be. What else do people expect from a system where children are graded
like sides of beef?

That said, I don't know enough of educational history to really judge
Gatto's book, if anyone would like to chime in or knows a review.

* http://www.rit.edu/~cma8660/mirror/www.johntaylorgatto.com/underground/toc1.htm

Tayssir