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Originally Posted by bulldogg Hang tough Deerslayer. I went through the same crap with teachers in my school when they made mistakes and I pointed them out. Just remember the point of an education system is NOT to educate it IS to take individuals and turn them into human beings that fit the mould of the current society. Its a factory designed to turn out cogs for the machine. Once you look at it in this light it will make it a lot easier to cope with on a daily basis. Self-guided learning is where true education lies.
Governments approve cirriculums for this very reason. Universities receive endowments from major corporations in exchange for the uni providing courses that train young people to fit the mould of what they wish to employ. There is nothing sinister about it and it is the same the world over. In China they want people who do what they are told and do not question things so the system trains them to be this way. In the US they want people to be creative but not subversive.
The Marxist educator Frere addressed this and was the very first educationalist to publicly acknowledge the agenda of education systems. He did so in an effort to foment revolution and was successful in two Latin American countries. This is something that even teachers often times don't know about their own profession. |
Which explains why I am ill-adapted for school, if not society.
"A true warrior will embrace conflict. The true smart warrior, however, will embrace those conflicts which lead to benefit."
We're a largely narcissistic society as well. Here's my take on it:
"An officer's primary duty is to his men. Secondary, to his country. Third, the betterment of his world. I do not see any obligations to himself in the performance of his duties."- Me.
Your "cogs in the machine" statement illustrates perfectly that we are a society which casts away the undesired elements, leaving perfectly good careers and men (John R. Boyd comes readily to mind) to waste. As a side note, Boyd's theories form the basis for much of the work I do.
WD, my bio teacher can't pronounce "menstruation", and she's a woman. My highest quality of education has come from the knowledge of the self-educated and from my own education.