• MrFinnbean@lemmy.world
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    4 天前

    Modern universal public eduction has its roots in prussian model and the idea was very much to make effective and loyal workforce. Im not saying modern education has the same ulterior motivations, but things like standarized curricula and grading are coming from there.

    • Slotos@feddit.nl
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      IIRC the goal wasn’t to have a loyal workforce, but to have an army that isn’t dependent on a small number of elites.

      Basically “we won’t stop with the death of our officers, our soldiers can step up to the occasion”.

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        Which is a good philosophy outside of the military! That’s the same thing the Puritans wanted, for people to not be reliant on a few to do their thinking for them.