Keith Hudson wrote:
>
> I have frequently drawn attention to the allegation that when the State is
> involved in quasi-monopolistic education, then standards will inevitably
> decline
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I suppose "standards" are necessary due to the logistical
problems of coordinating the life-support of 6 billions
of concurrently living persons, but I think it is important
that we keep squarely in mind that standards
reduce persons to "standards", i.e., homogenized instances of
an abstract type, like standard issue cartridges for
standard issue military rifles.
As a child, certainly standards were destructive of
my prospects in life because my particular form
of individuality was qualitative and not quantitative,
even though I could do more standardized test questions
in a standard unit of testing time than most of the
children subjected to a given standardized test, for
most of the standardized tests to which I was subjected.
Which all, for one thing, helps explain why "we" are so opposed
to human cloning: because it shows in the light what
our so-called society does to everybody in darkness hoping
nobody will notice.
+\brad mccormick
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Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21)
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