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Why is it that you immediately associate avoiding public school with identity politics? I think you'd be well served reading the works of Ivan Illich (in parti
by vezzy-fnord 12y ago
Why is it that you immediately associate avoiding public school with identity politics?
I think you'd be well served reading the works of Ivan Illich (in particular Deschooling Society), John Taylor Gatto and John Holt that all just about debunk the fundamental idea of schooling as inherently inefficient and originating in a rather peculiar turn of events during the 19th century which had little to do with actually educating the masses.
That said, I don't think most private schooling is a proper solution either, but rather free/democratic/Sudbury schools, unschooling, apprenticeships and a general rise in people associating education with autodidacticism rather than formal institutions.
- spacecowboy_lon 12y agoLook at the UK where 90% of the establishment went to public school - liek wise for Harvard in the USA
- carlob 12y agoPublic school in the UK is private school in the US.
- lotsofcows 12y agoEr no, public school _and_ private school in the UK are the equivalent of private school in the US. State school in the UK is the equivalent of public school in the US.