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The only way your example would be equivalent is if the school was offering a class on programming, but then blocked access to the development tools required to
by orev 6y ago
The only way your example would be equivalent is if the school was offering a class on programming, but then blocked access to the development tools required to complete the class.
You seem to be doing a bit of hand-waving at the end there trying to equate the school’s purpose with the entire idea of education and learning. That’s something that takes place on all of life, not just in school.
- indymike 6y agoWell... if a school's purpose is not education... What is it?
- ziddoap 6y agoThe school's purpose is still education... It's just not educating in the specific areas you want. I imagine your kids aren't learning quantum physics or fine dining etiquette either. That doesn't mean that the school is no longer educating.
- indymike 6y ago"It's just not educating in the specific areas you want." You are right. I do not want my children to learn whatever is being taught when the school's IT department is threatening children with the police for trying to learn to make a web page and fiddle with CSS and Javascript.
- ziddoap 6y agoThat is a separate issue, and one I wholeheartedly agree with. If that is what the IT department or administration said, I would also be upset. Saying that it is locked down for XYZ is one thing, adding in a line which threatens kids with police action for wanting to learn something is obviously out of bounds and inappropriate. However, that is different than claiming that schools purpose is no longer education. It's conflating an entire system with the disappointing actions of a few people working within a school.