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by dmcarls
6/4/11 3:16:38 PM
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New So true..
For 25 years, Jonathan Kozol has been writing books about the educational system in this country: http://www.amazon.co...id=Mozilla-search

One particular comment made by a teacher of 32 years (in his book "Death At An Early Age) said:

"The PURPOSE of education is no longer (if it ever was) to give every child a fair chance. Education is the first of many sorting systems to make sure that nobody escapes the social class into which they are born."

A sorting system. Sounds about right, doesn't it?

It's not like people haven't noticed what's happening around them:

"The Collapse Complex of Societies"

http://www.amazon.co...1307214442&sr=8-2

Just an old guy complaining. My 2 cents.
Post #343,328
by drook
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6/5/11 11:21:23 AM
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New Read John Taylor Gatto
He said years ago -- with historical references to back it up -- that public school was designed to keep the lower classes in the lower classes. The children of the rich would of course go to private schools, which were not run the same way.
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Drew
     On recycling our schools - (dmcarls) - (6) - June 3, 2011, 04:17:48 PM EDT
         Tremendous letter -NT - (drook) - June 3, 2011, 05:27:57 PM EDT
         Re: On recycling our schools - (Ashton) - (4) - June 4, 2011, 07:35:52 AM EDT
             So true.. - (dmcarls) - (1) - June 4, 2011, 03:16:38 PM EDT
                 Read John Taylor Gatto - (drook) - June 5, 2011, 11:21:23 AM EDT
             It's not a problem of sloth - (jay) - (1) - June 4, 2011, 06:02:47 PM EDT
                 Agreed.. meant the punctuation sloth of an otherwise OK post - (Ashton) - June 4, 2011, 08:48:54 PM EDT

Damn, man, you swing a mean left field passive aggressive non sequitur.
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