• OccamsRazer@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I know tons of people who home school, like a ton actually. Real people and not just internet dwellers. There is a lot of variety in how people do it, some bad, some better than anything you can hope to achieve in public schools. But that isn’t my point. My point is only about brainwashing done in public schools, and how that term is relative. What we think is normal and healthy depends on what we are told. Public schools don’t have the objective truth, they just provide a consistent message and brainwash kids all in a similar manner. The term brainwashing has a negative connotation, but that’s what it is. We were all taught things and taught to see things a certain way and sometimes they are later proven wrong. I can list things I learned in public schools that aren’t correct, so was I brainwashed? Well, yeah of course. In general public schools provide a stabilizing effect and a standardized set of brainwashing, which becomes “normal” because most people have that standard set. It’s relative and arbitrary, that’s my point. Ask indigenous people or other minorities if we get brainwashed in public schools.

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      4 months ago

      Is your company hiring? I’ve been wanting to break into the field of Professional Contrarianism. Any interview tips?

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        4 months ago

        Lol I can’t help myself, especially on lemmy. Some of the takes are so insane I can’t help but engage.