| Looks like most agree the education system should be changed. That's good and healthy, but I am highly skeptical of the call for a "unifying power." That seems like more business as usual, honestly. Power may appear to unify, but it ultimately divides -- classifies, judges, places arbitrary distinctions and restrictions upon people. It almost always tells us we have to go through the "proper channel" and the "right phase" in order to fit in. In fact, "fitting in" is not necessarily what an educational system should encourage. It should encourage us to find our own place, to research things on our own. In other words, it shouldn't be much of a system at all.
One thing that annoys me is this false dichotomy; where it comes down to either the individual or the social mass. That's not how the world functions.
So much of life is about resource managment, which is complicated. Almost paradoxically, to oversimplify the issues is to needlessly complicate them. That's one reason why our society seems so schizophrenic. We hear all about individual rights, then someone chimes in, "well, what about the rights of society?" as if the issues are totally separate.
Grandpa h.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you (unless it costs
something). |