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This passage was interesting to me: “He was freed of all the disciplining experiences of life,” Lawrence Lessig says. “His parents got him out of school early,
by ajeet_dhaliwal 11y ago
This passage was interesting to me:
“He was freed of all the disciplining experiences of life,” Lawrence Lessig says. “His parents got him out of school early, which was great because it allowed him to become somebody who wasn’t the product of puberty in a public school. But it was bad in the sense that it gave him a confidence about his own judgment, which is dangerous.”
I hated school and still hate work mostly due to the discipline aspect and the bureaucracy but I endured it. Before now I thought was bad but perhaps this discipline does make me stronger to deal with general bullshit that exists in our world, I deal with it fine for the most part. As a parent now I was thinking I should allow my son to do whatever he wants to avoid the nonsense I sometimes had to put up with but now I don't known if that hurts him too, it's difficult striking that balance.
- thatcat 11y ago"no child shall get ahead" Lol, an integration movement for intellectuals who goto college instead of highschool. Musn't let any intellectuals escape unmocked or unbullied, lest we end up with people questioning everything because then we'll have to bully them with our legal system and they might not be able to take that since they've never felt the full weight of american anti-intelectualism that you can only get from public schools.
- akashtndn 11y agoI am pretty sure that a lot of people must have took an interest in the passage. For anyone who has serious issues with the BS that the academic life has to offer, it offers a rather interesting take on the matter.