> Just because schools in the United States are a
> form of torment for so many students, essentially
> vehicles for indoctrination and preparation for a
> lifetime of meaningless work doesn't mean that
> learning to read and write are not necessary for
> both survival and happiness in the modern world
> and further could be seen as enjoyable by the
> overwhelming majority of persons.
And surely nobody questions that either? There seems to be some conflation here of two distinct ideas:
1) The actually existing schools suck. 2) Away with all possible schools forever!
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