The public school system was never meant to be about education.

It springs from the Prussian model, which was meant to instill unyielding obedience into the young so they would be good soldiers on the battlefield. Schooling is firstly about signaling, which shaming labels placed on those who are unwilling or unable to conform to the arbitrary dictates of bureaucrats.

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