Re:Charter schools, social norming and zero-sum games
by knome on Friday July 07, 2023 @04:27PM
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>they taught children the value of group conformity and not being the nail that sticks up
>The "lesson" is that the whole world doesn't revolve around you
These strike me as very different things.
Teaching kids to remain grounded, respectful of others and how to live within an existing system is one thing.
The former sounds like teaching them to avoid garnering attention at all, which is quite another.
I've read about cultures where standing out, for good or bad, is socially punished. "The tallest blade of grass is the first to be mowed down". I would not want us to foster such a culture here.
I could agree with "don't stand out for the wrong reasons".
>Most of my time in that school was fine
It doesn't seem this has much to do with the debate between public and charter schools at all. Just a poor experience you unfortunate enough to have gone through.
>The "lesson" is that the whole world doesn't revolve around you
These strike me as very different things.
Teaching kids to remain grounded, respectful of others and how to live within an existing system is one thing.
The former sounds like teaching them to avoid garnering attention at all, which is quite another.
I've read about cultures where standing out, for good or bad, is socially punished. "The tallest blade of grass is the first to be mowed down". I would not want us to foster such a culture here.
I could agree with "don't stand out for the wrong reasons".
>Most of my time in that school was fine
It doesn't seem this has much to do with the debate between public and charter schools at all. Just a poor experience you unfortunate enough to have gone through.