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Re: 1958 Crisis in education

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From: hanc...
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 19:25
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On Thursday, July 12, 2018 at 5:58:15 PM UTC-4, Peter Flass wrote:

> There are a lot of good schools, and many bright kids will succeed no
> matter what the school is like, but many schools are set up to turn out
> failures. Of course home/neighborhood environment also plays a big part,
> and I'm not sure what the solution is except to pull the kids out of their
> environment.

Years ago, when I attended public schools, there were classes to
teach basic homemaking, such as budgeting, shopping, etc.  For
instance, in math class, we had to analyze the food ads from the
newspaper for best value (lots of long division.)

While public schools did not attempt to impose morality issues,
they did teach us and expect to comply with the basics of good
behavior--not stealing, wait your turn, be neat and orderly,
be respectful, good manners, don't litter, don't run, don't
be noisy, etc.

A lot of what was later called "political correctness" was in
an earlier time just seen as good manners, and expected of 
children in school and adults on the job.
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