I've been thinking about the schooling system and its role in modern society recently because my nephew is starting school. It is incredible what a "benevolent dictatorship" the system really is. One thing that has increased enormously from the time I was my nephew's age is the role of psychiatry as a mechanism of social control in the school world. Children's personalities and temperaments are being medicalized in such minute detail as was unimaginable just a few decades ago.
Aldous Huxley, (who's name I've been speeling wrong) in the 1958 "Brave New World Revisited" which is a very interesting essay in which he discusses the book and the development of dictatorships in the modern world.
Tom... is that a bunch of kids in Hogwarts uniforms
I would hardly lump Hogwarts in with this
That's unfair
Anyway, there are tons of alternative schools right here in Toronto that you might be interested in. They all take different approaches but allfocus on community learning-- teachers helping students learn about what THEY want to learn about, and older students helping younger students do the same. Beaches Alternative School, Toronto Waldorf School to name a few.
this video is pretty nice. thumbs up.
akpret 1 year ago
I've been thinking about the schooling system and its role in modern society recently because my nephew is starting school. It is incredible what a "benevolent dictatorship" the system really is. One thing that has increased enormously from the time I was my nephew's age is the role of psychiatry as a mechanism of social control in the school world. Children's personalities and temperaments are being medicalized in such minute detail as was unimaginable just a few decades ago.
herrapikkarainen 2 years ago
When an evolutionist prays, remember even a "praying mantis" looks like it is praying.
GoodScienceForYou 3 years ago
I'm sorry but what does this have to do with the content of this video?
McOath 3 years ago
who is that last quote by?
brendanmcooney 3 years ago
Aldous Huxley, (who's name I've been speeling wrong) in the 1958 "Brave New World Revisited" which is a very interesting essay in which he discusses the book and the development of dictatorships in the modern world.
McOath 3 years ago
Tom... is that a bunch of kids in Hogwarts uniforms
I would hardly lump Hogwarts in with this
That's unfair
Anyway, there are tons of alternative schools right here in Toronto that you might be interested in. They all take different approaches but allfocus on community learning-- teachers helping students learn about what THEY want to learn about, and older students helping younger students do the same. Beaches Alternative School, Toronto Waldorf School to name a few.
EmilyElle 3 years ago