>discussion of 'education' on this
>list has pretty much ignored the _actual_ schooling in the U.S. over the
>last 150 years. That schooling has had three major functions:
>
>1 Warehousing
>2 Certification
>3 Indoctrination
You left out torture. For all the flaws of schooling, would it be better if kids just went to work?
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>I have no objection to literacy. None whatsoever.
>
>I have objections to the arrogance of the literate and the torture
>of children.
>
>Carrol