> > Dennis Claxton writes: 'Just as a machine is seen as an alien
> thing by the worker, and the normal and necessary activity of labor
> is converted into a horror, so too is much of schooling. Everything
> that might be good is turned into an evil. But surely machines and
> labor and reading and writing are not inherently evil. Surely a
> good argument can be made that all are fundamental.'
> >
> > Which is a good analogy, and well put, I think.
That was Michael Yates, not me. As was this in M. Smith's earlier post:
> 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.