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The Modern Education System Was Made to Foster “Punctual, Docile, and Sober” Factory Workers
The education system as we know it is only about 200 years old. Before that, formal education was mostly reserved for the elite. But as industrialization changed the way we work, it created the need for universal schooling.
Factory owners required a docile, agreeable workers who would show up on time and do what their managers told them. Sitting in a classroom all day with a teacher was good training for that. Early industrialists were instrumental, then, in creating and promoting universal education. Now that we are moving into a new, post-industrial era, it is worth reflecting on how our education evolved to suit factory work, and if this model still makes sense.
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No doubt it's time for a change and has been for a few decades- not sure there will ever be agreement, but, one thing for sure with the empty suits of Academics and the District of Criminals involved it's not likely to be change for the better.
The education system as we know it is only about 200 years old. Before that, formal education was mostly reserved for the elite. But as industrialization changed the way we work, it created the need for universal schooling.
Factory owners required a docile, agreeable workers who would show up on time and do what their managers told them. Sitting in a classroom all day with a teacher was good training for that. Early industrialists were instrumental, then, in creating and promoting universal education. Now that we are moving into a new, post-industrial era, it is worth reflecting on how our education evolved to suit factory work, and if this model still makes sense.
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No doubt it's time for a change and has been for a few decades- not sure there will ever be agreement, but, one thing for sure with the empty suits of Academics and the District of Criminals involved it's not likely to be change for the better.