Quote 883 “ A general State education is a mere contrivance for moulding people to be exactly like one another; and as the mould in which it casts them is that which pleases the predominant power in the government, whether this be a monarch, a priesthood, an aristocracy, or the majority of the existing generation, in proportion as it is efficient and successful, it establishes a despotism over the mind, leading by natural tendency to one over the body. An education established and controlled by the State, should only exist, if it exist at all, as one among many competing experiments, carried on for the purpose of example and stimulus, to keep the others up to a certain standard of excellence.” -- John Stuart Mill
Unions, Government and education -- Ron Paul
His applause-getting statement that perhaps the teachers should get twice $89K was sad. This Wisconsin thing has progressives and conservatives in such a misguided conversation. No one is asking what the consumers of education, the kids and their parents, want to spend or not spend for education.
Whats wrong with state education
Vouchers are an improvement, but state still has a large say in when and how they can be used. Only for education and schools but politics will decide what a school is.
Its run on threats, as is most of our society.
No compliance results in punishement for child or parent. Homeschool as an alternative, requires permission, and sylabus in some countries must be strictly ahdered to. The compulsory nature of education is not designed to benefit most of us as individuals but to control us and channel our development in a particular way. That channel is for the benefit of the system itself and a very few people who stand to gain most from the structure in its current form. Currently, schools have become child-minding institutions while parents are slaves to their jobs to earn income. The whole social structure needs to be re-thought and the way we conduct our lives re-addressed. Force is no longer a viable long-term solution to education and other social structures. It simply isn't working as is shown by the statistics. Many children are now arriving in to adulthood illiterate. That coupled with record youth suicide rates, child poverty and mental illnesses are all blatant indicators that the system needs to change. School RulesSociety's obsession with protecting children ignores the benefits of risk-taking. In relation to school that removed all rules during play.VideosJohn Stossel
4 March 2007
"Stupid in America"
It shows:
What is wrong with the current system, what the system could be like, and what the impediments to change are. Above all it shows in general the basic problem with all government monopolys.
First John Identifies that there is a problem.
Education as a goodEducation is bought and sold. It costs money to produce, because resources and personnel have to be allocated to its supply. The question is not whether it should be bought and sold, but whether government should have a monopoly on the transaction. For that matter this applies to any other goods the government supplies.
People may decide that in a humane society, everyone capable of benefiting from education should have access to it at appropriate levels. Instead of being done through mass state provision, this can be achieved by ensuring that affordable school places are widely available, and by helping where necessary through vouchers or assisted places. Should there be a requirement that teachers are registered?"This is much more a focus on how do we get learning outcomes and student achievement rather than as we have done focus always on what the inputs are." Forcing all teacher to be registered, limits resources,a nd cuts off opportunities. If teachers should be reguster, then how many have to be if not all? ReferencesLink396 Schools are socially toxic Link400 Less rules, less bullies
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