April 17, 2018
K-12: How Our Schools Make Monsters
By Bruce Deitrick Price
Lots of people who study K-12 education end up looking for a metaphor, a parallel, to explain the unnecessary stupidity of our public schools. Don't bother. Ayn Rand has run ahead and done the job.
In 1970, Rand published a very long essay titled "The Comprachicos" (which roughly translates to the child-buyers). It lovingly examines a bit of history mentioned in a Victor Hugo novel. He wrote about vicious exploiters who mutilate and transform children into all sorts of freaks, dwarfs, gymnasts, and novelties. The techniques are analogous to those used by bonsai masters. You cut, twist, break, deprive – you do whatever works to make a glorious anomaly.
Read more:
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/04/k12_how_our_schools_make_monsters.html#ixzz5DKk0E47G
