Excellent points all, but let's face facts. American schools are warehouse, babysitting factories masquerading as educational institutions. What little education is doled out has morphed into indoctrination over the past generation or so. It's not about learning what will help a student be competitive in an increasingly combative global …
Excellent points all, but let's face facts. American schools are warehouse, babysitting factories masquerading as educational institutions. What little education is doled out has morphed into indoctrination over the past generation or so. It's not about learning what will help a student be competitive in an increasingly combative global economy. It's about learning what will create reliably compliant Republican Christian soldiers who will do what they're told without question. The oligarchy will need a constant supply of obedient workers who know their place, and that training starts in school. Independent, critical thinking is seen as a threat to the existing order.
Excellent points all, but let's face facts. American schools are warehouse, babysitting factories masquerading as educational institutions. What little education is doled out has morphed into indoctrination over the past generation or so. It's not about learning what will help a student be competitive in an increasingly combative global economy. It's about learning what will create reliably compliant Republican Christian soldiers who will do what they're told without question. The oligarchy will need a constant supply of obedient workers who know their place, and that training starts in school. Independent, critical thinking is seen as a threat to the existing order.