65
submitted 8 months ago by mozz@mbin.grits.dev to c/politics@beehaw.org
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The whole public school curriculum is designed to prepare you for a late-1800s world

In the modern day, it needs to include media literacy and practical civics within the core curriculum, on equal footing with science and math

For some reason that suggestion isn't popular with our leaders. I wonder why

[-] Vodulas@beehaw.org 4 points 8 months ago

Mmmhmm. I would even go a step further and say it is purposely skewed to getting kids used to be a cog in capitalism.

[-] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 5 points 8 months ago

Almost as if 🥲

They did an experiment where they had high school teachers go through a normal day from the perspective of the kids: Go run to this new location whenever the bell rings and tells you to, limited time to eat and then a bell rings and you have to hustle to your new location and sit still and listen quietly to this guy up in front talk, and then get tested on whether you can repeat the information back and you have to do everything you're told in exactly the way you're told to. They did it for 1 day and they were absolutely shocked at the experience, like WTF this is awful I have anxiety now, I don't even know how these kids can handle it.

[-] sqgl@beehaw.org 1 points 7 months ago

"Absolutely shocked"? Were these teachers all home schooled in their youth or something?

[-] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 3 points 7 months ago

I think this is what I was remembering - it was one teacher and a little less formal than what I remembered.

To answer your question though, my guess would be that they’d just adapted to it as kids without realizing how messed up it was from a free adult person perspective. That’s just guessing though.

this post was submitted on 22 Mar 2024
65 points (100.0% liked)

Politics

10181 readers
77 users here now

In-depth political discussion from around the world; if it's a political happening, you can post it here.


Guidelines for submissions:

These guidelines will be enforced on a know-it-when-I-see-it basis.


Subcommunities on Beehaw:


This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS