[lbo-talk] School Debate: Central Focus

shag carpet bomb shag at cleandraws.com
Wed Feb 15 09:58:00 PST 2012


Miles wrote:

<> On 2/15/2012 4:19 AM, Carrol Cox wrote: <>> A note on the kids: what they need far more than ideal teachers is <>> more pay, <>> mor free time for their parents. Also, 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 <>> <>> Carrol <> <> 4. Producing people who critically analyze the school system (--or <> perhaps you developed those intellectual skills on your own?) <> <> Miles

brilliant! More capitalism = more revolution!

p.s., maybe Carrol is using education as distinct from schooling for a reason?



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