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  6. Date:         Fri, 22 Jan 1993 09:00:00 CDT
  7. Sender:       Professionals and Students Discussing Education Policy Analysis
  8.               <EDPOLYAN@ASUACAD.BITNET>
  9. From:         "John O. Wong" <JOHNWONG@MACC.WISC.EDU>
  10. Subject:      Re: Clinton's school choice
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  12.  
  13. Concerning the aims of education, Craig Howley writes,
  14.  
  15. >Just maybe, Bill Clinton
  16. >believes that the end of education is economic competitiveness ....
  17. >Even if he HAD sent Chelsea to the DC Wilderness,
  18. >however, we'd still be stuck with his faulty notion of the aims of education.
  19.  
  20. Herein lies one of the main reasons why people disagree on ways to run our
  21. schools.  What is primary purpose of education?  Why do we have schools?
  22. What are schools suppose to do for us, for our kids?
  23.  
  24. Is it suppose to help us become better citizens, better human beings?
  25. Or is it suppose to help us get higher paying jobs?  Is schooling about
  26. personal growth, knowledge, citizenship, skills, or job training?
  27.  
  28. Do all schools have to be the same?  Or can there be different schools?
  29. Must they teach identical subjects, or can there be different subjects?
  30. Do parents decide how and where to bring up their children, or does the
  31. government decide?
  32.  
  33. What does it mean to have schools in a "democracy"?  What is "democracy"?
  34.  
  35.  
  36.  
  37.                                     # John Wong (608)263-3025
  38.                                     # johnwong@wiscmacc.bitnet
  39.                                     # johnwong@macc.wisc.edu
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