roachboy

that's a bizarre argument, otto:

what, then, is the ideological function of a public school? to inculcate some illusion that there is a single, unified "american" culture in the face of overwhelming evidence that this is a tenuous fiction at best? i mean historically and empirically (in "real time")?

and even if you did accept the (illusion) that there *is* some unified "american culture", why would you still not accept the idea that a public school should be able to teach multiple perspectives?

i mean, a public school in nyc is able to do things that a public school is east podunk is not, really.
but that's self-evident: so where's the problem?
if you oppose this school in nyc, you'd also have to oppose arts schools or anything interesting or specialized in a public school...but why would you do that, unless what you really oppose is the idea of public school?

are you really arguing that public schools should be parochial, otto?
what would be the point of that?

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