MM> _Deschooling Society_ says that obligatory education is not the
MM>same thing as learning.
Ok...
MM>The grade system that we have, is a certification of how _little_ 
MM>somebody knows.
I'm not sure I get this one... It seems to me that one could
argue the opposite equally well...
MM>You must pass college to be able to teach college.  If not, you 
MM>are not a learned scholar.
That's simply not the case... There are LOTS of people who
are scholarly through their own efforts at education...
MM>This has the effect of excluding people from the educational process.
Hmmm.... Do not the people exclude themselves to a large 
extent?  Do you find our educational system SO difficult
that a person trying to succeed cannot?  If so, you would
be at odds with all the people who say that it is too easy!
MM>You are taught what other people want you to learn.
True to a point....
MM>Now, most people in our country learn all they need to know from
MM>they're own lives, not from school.
I'd question whether this is true....
MM>You don't learn how to survive from school.
Without the training I received IN school, I would not be
working in my present occupation.  Seems to me that it was
necessary for MY survival?!
MM>You learn it from your family.
I learned SOME stuff from my family, and SOME of the stuff
that people learn from THEIR families is hurtful!
MM>People learn their best when they are interested in something, when
MM>they are excited by something, and when they are actively involved,
MM>hands-on in the process.
I'll buy this...
MM>Schools aren't institutions of _learning_.   They are institutions
MM>that weed out and groom various degrees of people to serve various
MM>functions in society.
Semantics....
MM>The greatest feat of every human on this planet is not learned in
MM>school:  learning your first language.
Which can be done by memorization and mimicry; two of the
lowest of the cognitive processes...
MM>It is the history of the Promethean endeavor to forge institutions 
MM>in order to corral each of the rampant ills.
As opposed to raising up temples of worship to them?
Other than being very flowery, what is this meant to convey?
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