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>Education doesn't work if the classroom is full of kids who can't behave. Education doesn't work, full stop. Or at least, it doesn't do what you think it does
by ThrustVectoring 11y ago
>Education doesn't work if the classroom is full of kids who can't behave.
Education doesn't work, full stop. Or at least, it doesn't do what you think it does. The point isn't to provide a learning environment, or provide resources for students to learn. After all, education isn't paid for by an equity slice of the alumni's human capital. No, it's paid for and administered by government officials, working on the behalf of employers and parents. And what they want isn't bright, curious, and inquisitive people - they're happy when they get them, but they've got much bigger concerns. Obedience, reliability, conformity, conscientiousness, and pliability are all much bigger things that they want to cultivate.
Like, it speaks to the success of the educational system that you think it's hard to be a nerdy kid in today's educational environment and that school is a poor learning environment for so many children, and you don't immediately follow that up with something like "and that's why my children aren't going to school".
- ktRolster 11y agoEducation doesn't work, full stop. Most Americans learned how to read, write, and do math in schools. They aren't perfect, but I think you underestimate how much learning goes on just to become a functioning citizen.
- ThrustVectoring 11y agoMost Americans hate doing math, do not read for pleasure, and rarely write outside of work. That's not anywhere close to success. The most important skill for getting good at something is enjoying it, and our current educational system is actively counterproductive on that axis.
- ktRolster 11y agoMost Americans hate doing math, do not read for pleasure, and rarely write outside of work. But even you don't deny that they can. For some reason you seem to think that teaching those things is trivial or easy.