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It is also classic "teacher trying to support a gifted student from a disadvantaged background" behavior. (Though overall he was an awful teacher who fundamenta
by morelisp 6y ago
It is also classic "teacher trying to support a gifted student from a disadvantaged background" behavior. (Though overall he was an awful teacher who fundamentally didn't seem to realize you should not expect unversity-level commitment to the work from primary school students.)
Wittgenstein had a lot of of sexual hangups but I have never seen any evidence he was a pedophile.
- watwut 6y agoIt is not? I an not saying he was grooming him necessary, but overnight trips are not normal behavior of teacher trying to help poor gifted student.
- pvg 6y agoIt isn't today but if you read German-speaking lit from the period, you'll notice teachers held a very different position in society. This is, of course, true of other places as well.
- watwut 6y agoSure, but overnight trips were still not normal. Notice parents taking issue with pupils being there for tree hours and dinner.
- morelisp 6y ago> overnight trips are not normal behavior of teacher trying to help poor gifted student. The forms have changed but only slightly. ~All G&T programs in the US run summer camps and weekend trips. Schools outside of major cities take overnight field trips to the nearest major city to access museums and galleries, often with additional costs for families. Extracurricular programs (not only sports but also forensics, mathematics olympiads, OM and FIRST, etc.) require family resources for students to participate outside their immediate city. For older students, teachers often organize overseas trips with enormous associated expenses. The importance of this might be lost on people who grew up in countries more functional than the US. The lack of decent inter-city rail/bus networks means children from impoverished families may otherwise never get outside their city (maybe even neighborhood) until they can drive themselves. (I am less familiar with the norms of early 20th century Austrian schooling but I wouldn't be surprised if it looks more like modern US schools than it does modern Austrian schools...)
- watwut 6y agoYou are describing different situation now. Overnight trips were not normal teacher activities back then. And no, their schools were not like Americans ones either. The culture was completely different, they hold different values.