@_number8_M to microthoughtsEnglish • 1 year agoWhy were schools so against wearing hats? what's wrong with a hat?message-square23arrow-up123arrow-down13file-text
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minus-square@whatlinkEnglish11•edit-21 year agoMy theory is that modern (post industrialization) schools fundamental purpose in society is not to educate but to prepare a workforce. They acclimate people into accepting very arbitrary rules that will be normative in the work place. There’s a lot written on this and a fair amount of disagreement. Here is a decent high level / non academic article. https://qz.com/1314814/universal-education-was-first-promoted-by-industrialists-who-wanted-docile-factory-workers
minus-square@MercuryUprisinglinkEnglish2•1 year agoIts more daycare for the two parent working household these days
My theory is that modern (post industrialization) schools fundamental purpose in society is not to educate but to prepare a workforce. They acclimate people into accepting very arbitrary rules that will be normative in the work place.
There’s a lot written on this and a fair amount of disagreement. Here is a decent high level / non academic article. https://qz.com/1314814/universal-education-was-first-promoted-by-industrialists-who-wanted-docile-factory-workers
Its more daycare for the two parent working household these days