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Education As Social Control
- Public education aims to produce a standardized, controllable citizenry rather than awaken independent intelligence.
- The system teaches conformity to maintain an obedient workforce for industrial and state needs.
Classrooms Modeled On Factories
- Compulsory schooling emerged with industrialists shaping schools to produce obedient factory-style workers.
- Classroom layout and bells mimic factory discipline to normalize workplace obedience.
Parent-Teacher Conference Failure
- Charley recounts visiting a first-grade class of 28 where only one parent attended conferences all day.
- He uses this to show how overcrowding and parental disengagement demoralize teachers and students.