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.
Sometimes, you run into something so ridiculous that you could never anticipate it. This happened when I saw a defense of our existing K-12 schooling arguing that the status quo schooling system is a threat to the status quo. The argument they were making was that the primary reason people oppose the existing schooling system is because “education” is a threat to the status quo.
I am pretty open that I do not like the status quo. That's one of the reasons I want to see change in education. The model we're using doesn't work. If we want to move forward, we need something different. I am not saying this because I fear threats to the status quo.
I think we have proven that the status quo can exist with our existing approach of throwing an insane amount of money into government control over the educational process. If someone is really protective of the status quo, it makes absolutely no sense to push for change. I'm going to suggest the opposite of this argument. It's the protectors of the status quo, not the people pushing for change, that are afraid of threats to the status quo.
No comments:
Post a Comment