am i taking crazy pills or is the school system one of the worst things to happen to children? So many ppl I talk to were hurt so much.
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Like, who thought it was a good idea to put kids in their own isolated social system where they are their own peer group?? Sadists??
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ok im not even talking about 'what's taught' though, I'm talking about the emotional trauma from having to prove social worth among children
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Agreed. Public school created some pervasive negative habits in my cognition- I have an unschooled partner to compare to.
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it's crazy to me nobody's seriously talking about changing this. Everyone sort of shrugs and go 'welp I guess that's just life.' wtf?
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But then how could we standardize tests to see if they are learning they way we want them to learn?
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the public education system was dreamt up by Thomas Jefferson; he saw it as democracy in action; needs tweaks but it works!
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In Understanding Organizations, Charles Handy describes cooperative, contractual, and coercive organizations 1/
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the Americans school system is garbage created to standardize conformity and hinder success
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