Academia as gatekeepers

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[–]Vulptex 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (9 children)

The way school is structured teaches you to always bow to authority and never question it. And that is the real purpose of school, not "learning" which they don't even do any of past 6th grade. I swear each generation is less independent than the last because of this. Even the people running the show have drank their own Kool-Aid.

And yes, they are biased, because in subjects that aren't math they only expose you to the viewpoints they want you to adopt.

The GOP might be politicizing education now, but only because their worst enemies did it before them.

[–]Schwarzenigga 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

The way school is structured teaches you to always bow to authority and never question it.

No - the opposite - schools are required to teach critical thinking skills (THIS is what authoritarians DON'T want, wheres they do want you to learn to bow to authority) It's also not the purpose of the school. Perhaps you're thinking of military or church schools, but this is NOT public education. Schools help students learn. That's all.

their worst enemies did it before them.

Absolutely not. Funding for education is better under Democrat leadership because this is how you train an educated society. What you are doing is pushing an authoritarian GOP argument that education is dangerous, while also pushing the nonsense that education is dangerous because it's authoritarian. See how confused that is? It's so far from the reality that the only group of voters who will believe this aren't intelligent, knowledgeable, or good at critical thinking, all three of which one can develop AT SCHOOL.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

schools are required to teach critical thinking skills

Nonsense.

[–]Vulptex 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Public school only taught me OBEY. OBEY. OBEY. Critical thinking was punished. And they gave as much homework as possible so we didn't have the time or energy to develop a mind even outside of school.