It appears the original article is dismissing the very idea of public education by using a set of cherry-picked opinions and quotes that seem to indicate the in

It appears the original article is dismissing the very idea of public education by using a set of cherry-picked opinions and quotes that seem to indicate the intent of public education is to turn us all into a bunch of human robots, subservient to the will of our corporate masters. Does anyone on this chat feel that way about themselves? I certainly don't. And having watched my sons go through the system, I can say that they went into it as children, and will come out as responsible men. They accumulated ways of thinking that are systematic and complex, such as arithmetic, algebra, research, logical reasoned arguments, programming, and similar. This entire time they've been absorbing TikTok, yes, but also 1000x of excellent YouTube videos on history, science, and many other subjects. So what is the point of this article? Have we all had our creativity beaten out of us? Would we have been otherwise more successful? Perhaps the cultural revolutions in the 60s were aspects of the public education system breaking away from Mann's original intent.