Re:Poverty leaves a mark on our genes
by johnchristopher on Sunday June 16, 2019 @06:17PM
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I added an edit in parenthesis.
I want to make it clear that my thought is that the first authority to submit oneself to or to follow is actually the school. Even if the school puts emphasis on critical thinking you won't have a place in it if you don't submit to its authority.
I think that depends which person at the school you ask. I am married to a low-income neighborhood high school English teacher and we talk curriculum often. Seems to me that it's about striking a balance: One side is what you said, the other side is teaching students to unite against that authority in productive ways.
Too far in one direction, and you wind up with a society where none of the competent people you know have enough faith in the system to run for office. Too far in the other direction and the dominant class sees the everyone else as a threat and puts walls up.
It's a difficult balance to strike, but I know a lot of teachers that work very hard at finding it.