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Does the education system only exist to train future workers? Should it?

• csa 9y ago
  That seems to be a non sequitur — I suggested no such thing. In abstraction, I will say that there always is an education system of some sort that trains workers, but that system may be formal, may be informal, may be public, may be private, etc. acknowledging what role the citizens want a formal education to serve is an important discussion, imho. This is a discussion we are not really having in the US right now — at least not in a frank way. That said, I think education should exist to train future members of society. Work training is a part of that, but there are other elements as well (social skills, communication skills, life skills, etc.).
  • moorhosj 9y ago
    Can a question be a non sequitur? Asking a question does not imply an accusation, not sure why you read it as such. I completely agree with your last statement, I have been troubled by America's recent move towards viewing education simply as training future workers. An example from Wisconsin [1]: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker submitted a budget proposal that included language that would have changed the century-old mission of the University of Wisconsin system — known as the Wisconsin Idea and embedded in the state code — by removing words that commanded the university to “search for truth” and “improve the human condition” and replacing them with “meet the state’s workforce needs.” [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2015/02/05/how-gov-walker-tried-to-quietly-change-the-mission-of-the-university-of-wisconsin/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d8be22754c83 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2015/02/...