Liberation or indoctrination? @aspaglayan.bsky.social tells @jerusalem.bsky.social about the 200-year-old origins of public education and whom the system was really designed to benefit.
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Liberals are saying this? Really? I've been in public education for 15 years & the push has been consistently to empower students, to move from teacher-centered to student-centered, to encourage critical thinking. Is the educational system perfect? No. But not because of what this person is arguing.
Yeah, another click bait summary from The Atlantic's social media folks.
In case it's of interest, I did read the transcript and they probably mean that since education has frequently been used by authoritarians to help control the population, we should be careful about that kind of thing.
They try to tie self-care into it at the end somehow and imply that the author's siblings failed at school because of previous evidence of authoritarian goals for the use of education.
The author readily conflates current center-right foibles like recitation of the pledge of allegiance with "liberal" ideology. It's a giant pile of esoteric historical analysis used to draw flawed conclusions, masquerading as click-bait social commentary.
I have often countered those alarmed at the attacks now on our school programs and curriculum. I, now 69yo, was never taught black, indigenous, women’s contributions or histories. All white male, all the time. So no illusions about public edu, BUT I did learn to learn, self-educate, question.
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In case it's of interest, I did read the transcript and they probably mean that since education has frequently been used by authoritarians to help control the population, we should be careful about that kind of thing.
& Republican budget will add $25 trillion to our national debt.
#No-Billionaire-Left-Behind
Let's ask Elon and his pet Felon why no cuts or firings at the Pentagon?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3321724/fiscal-hawks-house-budget-plan-could-add-25-trillion-in-debt-over-next-decade/