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Mandatory schooling has nothing to do with ensuring education and everything to do with ensuring dogma and a uniform and compliant citizenry. You need only look
by fleitz 15y ago
Mandatory schooling has nothing to do with ensuring education and everything to do with ensuring dogma and a uniform and compliant citizenry. You need only look at the flag salute and the various rituals that have nothing to do with education to see it. Education is not mandatory, only schooling.
If mandatory schooling was about education then why can't parents take their education dollar to any certified provider?
- dkarl 15y agoIf mandatory schooling was about education then why can't parents take their education dollar to any certified provider? They can, in the U.S. They can send their kids to a private school or even school them at home, provided they meet certain requirements.
- pnathan 15y agoIf you live in a free state in the US, you can take your children wheresoever you so please.
- hugh3 15y agoWait, are there states of the US where private schools don't exist? I didn't know this.
- hugh3 15y agoUhhh-huh. So if that's the case why do they waste so much time teaching you science and mathematics and ancient history and foreign languages and so forth when they could just be having four-hour flag-salutin' sessions? Not everything needs to be a vast conspiracy, y'know. Some things are slightly screwy despite the best of intentions.