Unfortunately, of course, the institutional educational system often makes it impossible to reason forward from authentic need…
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Agree but how do you identify “authentic need”. Hopefully your razor is not vocational application.
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Do we require this of other subjects (asking). English, Art, Music, Social Studies. Should we?
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I’m interested in exploring the world where the answer is yes. Maybe too far, but enough forces already pushing for stasis.
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I’m not ready to give up on this. It’s too important. Thinking a lot about teaching young people as my next/final? act.
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Chiming in, I think trust in the teacher is essential and more important that any other justification.
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