• interceder270@lemmy.world
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    Eh, there are more insidious ways children get indoctrinated in public schools.

    They’re taught to:

    Obey authority no matter what

    Learn/do/value what other people say they should learn/do/value

    Put STEM above all else

    Sharing information is bad

    The kids who are successful now will be the ones who are successful later

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      This has not been my experience as a either a public school student quite a few years back now, not as a parent of public school aged children.

      Public school has its own gigantic share of problems, but the criticisms above seem exaggerated to me based on my experience.

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        1 year ago

        The only one that doesn’t ring true to me (granted now from 25 years ago in the 90s) was the last one.

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      1 year ago

      Your first two points apply far more to private religious schools than to public schools.

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        Hmmm, I’ve never been in a religious school, but those first 2 were pretty big in my public school in the 90s.