alt.education

On Mar 12, 9:15 am, Bert Hyman wrote:
> loj...@lojban.org (Bob LeChevalier) wrote innews:58hft3l1e0mthdqt6g13b55rjd9c54395k@4ax.com:
> > Bert Hyman wrote:
> >>loj...@lojban.org (Bob LeChevalier) wrote in
> >>news:9vkdt35usrubpfu5ipfna0bg6g08vm6bq7@4ax.com:
> >>> "*Anarcissie*" wrote:
>
> >>>>Well, there is the larger question of what business the
> >>>>State has with children, such that children must be
> >>>>forced into some sort of institutional processing plant.
>
> >>> Whatever business "we the people" of the various states, all of
> >>> which have set up educational systems (most of them in their
> >>> respective constitutions), decide.
>
> >>A clear and concise statement of the underlying model of the
> >>totalitarian state.
>
> > A clear and concise statement of the underlying principle of
> > democracy. If you prefer, you can call it the "tyranny of the
> > majority".
>
> It appears that you're really supporting a form of government where
> anything goes so long as the majority wants it.
>
> I actually prefer "mob rule". In practice though, it always
> degenerates into central control by those who claim to represent the
> will of the majority.

"Degenerates?" Mobs have leaders. In any case, there is
no indication in fact that education is a major, ongoing
concern of the public, other than to whine about the schools
being unspecifically bad. Except for the occasional protest
about phonics or the New Math, it's a concern of elites.
What I am wondering is why these people feel particularly
anxious about home schooling in California and not elsewhere.
The number of people who engage in it are microscopic in
comparison with the total school population.


> > The Bill of Rights eliminates the "totalitarian state"
> > aspect: the minority always has the right to speak up and object,
> > which a totalitarian state doesn't allow.
>
> Being allowed to complain about something while not being able to do
> anything about it is small comfort when your rights are trampled
> simply because the mob wants it done.
>
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> Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | b...@iphouse.com