[lbo-talk] School Debate: Central Focus

Michael Smith mjs at smithbowen.net
Wed Feb 15 17:59:17 PST 2012


On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:54:56 -0800 Dennis Claxton <ddclaxton at earthlink.net> wrote:


> 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.

That wasn't me; I was quoting somebody else, I forget who now. But I don't disagree.

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