#as a public school senior year dropout I can confirm yeah this shit is still this way
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Still always thinkin about Thomas Jefferson writing to James Madison after the Shay’s Rebellion about how it should be taught in schools that collective violence is not the way to express discontent and that the people must be taught to vote *instead* 🤨
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And funny enough, this was in an article about Paglayan’s research on the Prussian Obedience Model for public schools - which still, to this day, is how our usamerican public schools are run!
https://today.ucsd.edu/story/education-systems-were-first-designed-to-suppress-dissent#:~:text=For%20example%2C%20absolutist%20Prussia%20was,promoting%20rewards%20for%20proper%20behavior.
And here ⬇️ is a nifty video essay about said Prussian Model of public education and why it was so implemented here in the settler-states of “America”:
https://archive.org/details/the-origins-of-the-american-public-education-system-horace-mann-the-prussian-model-of-obedience
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“According to Paglayan, the Prussian model of public education was designed to indoctrinate children into obedience and respect for authority. The model was created in the 18th century as a way to address social unrest and was a reference point for education systems that followed. The Prussian model influenced the American public school system, and some say its remnants are still present in contemporary schools.”
#Prussian model of education#Prussian obedience model#public education#public schools#indoctrination#fealty to the state#manipulation of poverty and working classes#history#Horace Mann#Augustina Paglayan#as a public school senior year dropout I can confirm yeah this shit is still this way#most of my US history economics and math teachers were ex-military and ex-cops. we had big JROTC classes. Air Force and Army came to campus#often to recruit#we also had two active duty cops on our campus at all times#I learned almost nothing from my public school education#most of the valuable things I’ve learned have been from seeking it on my own time outside the public edu system!
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