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Sure. Forcing people to do something rarely leads to good results, that's not in dispute here. In fact, that's the whole point of the criticism against schools
by atq2119 7y ago
Sure. Forcing people to do something rarely leads to good results, that's not in dispute here. In fact, that's the whole point of the criticism against schools here. But the reason why forcing doesn't lead to good result is largely because it involves an imposition of suffering, which you yourself reiterate.
Maybe a better way to put it is to say is that schools tend to be bad at encouraging kids to learn, so they try (unsuccessfully) to make up for it by forcing instead.
- afarrell 7y agoNo, thats not my point. I updated my response, but the key is you need both - motivation (or discipline) - means And forcing only tries to apply motivation without thinking about means. “How?” Is a question that needs an answer from somewhere.
- atq2119 7y agoWe agree on that. My point is that "forcing" is "attempting to instill motivation by some form of threat". If there's no implied threat, then it's not really forcing.