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bemildred

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12. Discipline is the other big problem.

Reply to yurbud (Reply #8)

Tue Dec 11, 2012, 04:39 PM

Dec 2012

And that problem comes from the compulsory nature of education as we do it now. Education should be voluntary, and there should always be other activities (jobs, vocational training, NGO and public works volunteerism, etc.) for those not ready or willing for some academic course of study. People cannot be forced to become academically educated, and it is folly to try.

Schools ought not resemble prisons, in other words, lest the students think of them that way.

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PROJECT CENSORED: Education “Reform” a Trojan Horse for Privatization [View all] yurbud Dec 2012 OP

So if the word "reform" is invariably evil in this context, what words will be OK to use? NYC_SKP Dec 2012 #1

they did their linguistic homework, as the right always does before they sell us a hatful of shit yurbud Dec 2012 #2

they tend to misappropriate terminology... like what it means to be "patriotic". NYC_SKP Dec 2012 #4

Yes, the RWers are the ones who misappropriated that word.... truth2power Dec 2012 #5

I would put "corporate" in front of "reform" and something else in front of other kinds yurbud Dec 2012 #3

It's not public education if it's not public. bemildred Dec 2012 #6

Charter schools fall into that category duffyduff Dec 2012 #7

aren't most pure private schools non-profits? yurbud Dec 2012 #9

True duffyduff Dec 2012 #10

I like that formulation except I went to a purely public magnet school that DIDN'T take all comers yurbud Dec 2012 #8

As long as these "schools" can admit whoever they want duffyduff Dec 2012 #11

Discipline is the other big problem. bemildred Dec 2012 #12

the hard part is we have a critical period for learning a lot and some kids might miss it yurbud Dec 2012 #13

That's why you have better alternatives for those not ready for academic work. bemildred Dec 2012 #14