Posted
10/01/2003 01:44:00 PM
by Douglas
A very interesting piece regarding our current (lack of)
educational system. A bit hyperbolic at points, bordering on conspiracy theory nuttery, but good points, non the less.
". . . the aim of public education is not to fill the young of the species with knowledge and awaken their intelligence. ... Nothing could be further from the truth. The aim ... is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe level, to breed and train a standardized citizenry, to put down dissent and originality. That is its aim in the United States... and that is its aim everywhere else."
That may be a stretch (then again, it might not), but Inglis' 6 points regarding the purpose of the public school are pretty much right on the money.