[user104658]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

School is for far more than just preparing you for what job you would like as an adult Mock.

It should be. It isn't. It's for creating productive drones, but it's not even very good at that

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

It should be. It isn't. It's for creating productive drones, but it's not even very good at that

Amen to that!

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

It should be. It isn't. It's for creating productive drones, but it's not even very good at that

Maybe in bad schools, I feel for anyone who had to go to one.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Maybe in bad schools, I feel for anyone who had to go to one.

Nah, I went to a school that was (at the time) a top-10 state school in the country. My 6 year old goes to the best (by a mile) state primary school in the county.

They like to dress it up in frills and distractions to make it seem, on the surface, like it's about more than getting you out there as a productive proletarian... but fundamentally, that is the aim. Full stop. They want to "educate" you to meet your earning potential, be that builder or brain surgeon. Beyond that, they have absolutely zero interest in expanding your world-view or what you might do with the rest of your "non-work" life.

Let me be clear that this isn't true of all teachers - there are some wonderful teachers in our schools - but it is true of the system as a whole, it's built into the very foundations of it. Obedience and homogenisation. There's a reason that countless young teachers become quickly disillusioned and end up leaving the profession, even after spending years and thousands of pounds in training.