Who said this is the function of schools?
America has to my mind never figured out what school was for, but inspection suggests to me its primary function is to provide industry with workers and the economy with consumers.
Hence why kids readily identify a dozen logos and brands, but struggle to name a single living scientist, poet, artist, or philosopher.
Carolyn (npub1we7…x6u8)
Humphrey Archer
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