Wendy McElroy Quotes
The problem is not that public schools do not work well, but rather that they do. The first goal and primary function of schools is not to educate good people, but good citizens. It is the function which we normally label state indoctrination.
Wendy McElroy
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Christopher Hitchens
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I want to have kids. I want to get married. That is still very important to me.
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Jason Katims
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David Lindsay-Abaire
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Terry Gross
The problem is not that public schools do not work well, but rather that they do. The first goal and primary function of schools is not to educate good people, but good citizens. It is the function which we normally label state indoctrination.
Wendy McElroy