tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post976137717564055140..comments2024-03-29T04:34:05.185-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: Disagreeing about Education's PurposePeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-41186187511269390052017-10-25T16:40:58.816-04:002017-10-25T16:40:58.816-04:00I do not believe that there has ever been any mono...I do not believe that there has ever been any monolithic agreement on what the purpose on a public education is or should be, nor can or should there ever be. <br /><br />The only unifying principle that I can see is that schools should offer every student the opportunity to develop into informed citizens that are capable of critical thought. <br /><br />For some, school should be a vocational school. Others a platform to 'learn how to learn'. Still others an opportunity to be exposed to something that will become a vocation or avocation to be passionate about. <br /><br />During my years of teaching in large public HS's I had all of the above go through my CP & Honors physics classes where students went on to the naval nuclear service, NASCAR, the PGA, the Rockettes, an auto body shop ownership, the medical fields, the Tripoli Rocket Association (high powered hobby rockets), all the engineering fields, medicine, music, you name it. <br /><br />This is why I hate mission statements. The is no single mission for all the students nor for any single student or instructor.<br /><br /> fizzicks numbershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01913370100937432939noreply@blogger.com