[spectre] Desirable Art Schools

[{ brad brace }]

The contemporary education system is the result of trends
that had their beginnings several centuries back and which
culminated into legacies which cut across all levels of the
educational process. The first legacy is that the
educational system is an authoritarian system that functions
in such a way as to reproduce itself across generations.
Second, while it purports to prepare people for life and
work, it fails to do either. Third, it inhibits inquiry and
discourages creativity. And finally, the contemporary
education system promotes homogeneity and rewards
mediocrity. These legacies are embedded in all levels of
education and are problematic because the cultural context
within which the themes originally arose no longer exists...

http://bbrace.net/education.html

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