Was tempted to make my unpopular opinion "K-12 schooling isn't so bad." Then the opportunity costs and second-order effects swept over me..
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.. The labor-market distortions of mandatory education are seismic. We intern our 14-18 yo lower class; replace missing labor w/ Mexicans..
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.. Teachers, who have the human capital to perform light white collar work, are also locked up. We outsource job they would be doing to Asia
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.. Mothers, whose marginal-product wouldn't justify taking a full time job, are nudged into the labor force by the 'free' childcare of K-12.
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.. US patterns of habitation & construction are driven entirely by families avoiding locking their children up with ferals 8 hours daily.
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.. Curriculum vulnerability to bureaucratic capture has resulted in propaganda, thru both active programming & by omissions.
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