Quote: (04-08-2013 09:04 PM)MaleDefined Wrote:
I actually agree with the one on one wholeheartedly, but it's overly idealistic. Who takes responsibility for that? The parent? While we may be responsible and understanding enough to nurture a child, there are many who are not capable of that. A school is seen as a place of comfort for children who have issues at home.
I respectfully disagree that I am not in too deep. I see my job for what it is. For some children I make a difference, for others I do not. It's a job that I enjoy for a variety of reasons, and I understand the allegorical nature of school as an allegory for a nationalistic, neutered society.
The goal of that post was to clarify facts, and provide a bit of analysis from someone in the profession. It wasn't meant to be a diatribe on a philosophy of education.
Fair enough, my post was a bit heavy-handed, but it's something I feel strongly about.
You say I'm idealistic, but if that's so, it's only in the sense that I believe in doing what's best for me and mine, and I don't care what happens to the the rest of the children. Therefore, I'm simply against paying taxes for the education of others, and against having my children's education dictated by the state. I don't care about reforming the system of the lumpenproletariat. Of course, that standard may well appear to be idealistic or unrealistic.
Dr Johnson rumbles with the RawGod. And lives to regret it.