[MD] Barfuesserkirche (ZMM & Dewey)

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting ARLO J BENSINGER JR <ajb102 at psu.edu>:

> [Arlo]
> Why would you think I'm against vouchers? I'm sitting here proposing all kinds
> of alternative schools to the current system, all of which so far propose
> culturally-situated, open curriculae emphasizing agency and support for the
> learner's own path. You're objecting to everything I've said (or ignoring it)
> simply because Dewey does not wage your Holy War of Individual v. Collective,
> but insists (correctly) that individual agency is dialectically entwined with
> collective-social communal activity, and also because he does not place sole
> emphasis on economic patterns to define social life. 
> 
> For you, from Wikipedia on the DFSs, "Literally translated as "folk high
> school," the folkehøjskole is a social education structure without tests or
> grades, putting its emphasis not on demonstratable achievement but rather on
> communal learning, self-discovery, and learning how to think." Tell us
> Pirsigians why you object?

I don't object. If you want to send your kids to a school that doesn't 
set standards and doesn't measure accomplishment, fine with me. Likewise, I
presume (since you agree to vouchers) that you would also allow me to send my
kids to military school if I so choose. I think Pirsigians believe in maximizing
free choice and defending intellectual values from barbarians. I could be wrong,
but I hope not.




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