Purpose of school
Prepare students for life, not jobs
Posted by David Wees on Nov 15, 2011
Should the goal of schools be to prepare students for jobs when they complete school? The answer to this question seems to be obviously yes to many people, but this naive answer is problematic for a few reasons.
At the end of the 19th century, many educators agreed, the role of schools was to prepare students for a life of monotony in the factories.
Disclaimer: The ideas discussed on this blog are my own, and in no way represent those of my employer.
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