Delete comment from: Captain Capitalism
'You might get some knowledge tangentially while you're there, but the main things they try to instill in you are obedience and submitting to do work for authority figures. Intelligence plays a small factor since even the most lukewarm sponge can pass through the system if he puts in enough work, IE does what he is told unquestioningly. What better way to prepare people for the unnatural rigors of wage slavery than to put them through a system from an early age which forces them to do large amounts of work for no reward (a letter grade? lol)? The sooner you inculcate obedience into people, the more they will be satisfied with a pittance of a salary and the easier it is for them to be distracted by the gadgets, plastic and moronic entertainment that they'll spend their "hard-earned" money on.'
Nov 26, 2011, 11:03:14 PM
Posted to Geographical NAWALT