Over the years, I have been writing about misconceptions regarding the schooling process. The purpose of these posts is to explain why I disagree with various comments that I have heard people make about schooling. These are meant as personal thoughts rather than conclusive proof, and I will admit that I'm not always the best at explaining my thoughts. Regardless, I have decided that I should be willing to share these posts when I encounter someone online who makes an argument that I have already discussed.
In the minds of teachers, they want the kids they watch to do the right things. This is a noble component of an otherwise shady profession. Unfortunately, they inadvertently promote a lot of questionable traits.
This is one of the drawbacks of the teaching profession's tendency to take education for granted. They see things the way they want to see them. Their actual methods, however, have seriously detrimental consequences that they never acknowledge.
As I have said repeatedly, the teaching profession maintains blatantly anti-educational values. The schools train children to avoid practical learning. They train reliance. That's not all.
We keep hearing from teachers about how important schooling is if we want to make a good living. How do they define a good living? Primarily by how much you make. By emphasizing the importance of the almighty dollar, children are legitimately being conditioned to develop an obsession with money.
The schooling environment is also capable of generating an incredible amount of mental harm. Suppressing mental process and controlling childhoods is clearly destructive. People handle the harm in different ways. Some people change who they are to match who their teachers demand they become. Some gradually deteriorate. Others reach a snapping point that can potentially be lethal.
The methods used by teachers are very problematic. For some students, they promote greed and corruption. For other students, they cause serious mental harm that can come out in ways that certainly wouldn't be viewed as the right thing.
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