Pff. When you understand what is wrong in Plato's Republic, you will understand what is wrong in your proposal. — Banno
What is your understanding of what is wrong in Plato’s republic? — Megolomania
Could you point me to Banno's answer! I can't seem to find it!! — counterpunch
Let’s say I believe the best way to create a better future is by raising and educating children in ways that make them have as many positive qualities as possible. — Megolomania
Part of the problem, observed for at least the last 60 years by various observers, is that we collectively aren't even sure what education is supposed to be doing. Sorting the good boats out for lifting by the next high tide, and sinking the low quality ones? Regulating the labor pool? Conducting an enlightenment factory? Training people for dead end jobs? Educating people for a society that ceased to exist a long time ago? Giving people basic skills (to do what?) — Bitter Crank
What do you think your education was good for? Any of those things? I really don't, yet I still think it is the most significant thing I possess. I can think of no better way to say it than it allows people to live up to their full potential, to the object of their creation, whatever that might be. — Hanover
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