Scott writes about the events at Columbine. Outcasts.
A friend and I were discussing this and puzzling over the fact that
every one of these shooting happened at a public school, not private...
Pirsig wrote about how socialistic societies are very static and dead.
Public schools are socialistic, very static, boring. I put in 12 years
at them, excluding college.
They also don't teach any values. Whose values would they teach? What
interest group would they offend no matter whose values they teach?
Students form cliques, little biological tribes. Some get a biological
pleasure from tormenting and bullying others, the outcasts.
I see public schools as predominately static, mostly valueless places.
Many of the values are biological.
Is it that odd that certain susceptible students retreat into a fantasy
world, creating their own values, and then act them out as revenge?
Competition is a very Dynamic thing. The best, ultimately, wins.
Private schools are almost inherently "religious." Values. Sure, you'd
some nutcase schools, like the Nation of Islam, but at least the
students wouldn't be raping and robbing and killing.
Can you imagine a public school teaching the MoQ? Private schools could.
Government is slow and stupid. If something doesn't work it gets more
money and gets bigger. Like the public schools.
The free market is fast and smart. If something doesn't work is
disappears. Private schools have to Dynamically compete, with the best
winning.
I've always thought a good idea is for schools to have student courts,
for violations of student law (like bullying or making fun of somebody.)
Who would be the judges? Heh heh--the outcasts.
This is why I believe the MoQ supports a small, mostly Static
government, with a huge, competing, Dynamic free market. There has to be
certain stable, easily understood, universal laws (don't murder, steal,
rape, etc.)
I still think when government expands it can only expand by destroying
society. Public schools have pretty much destroyed private ones. The
government expanded and destroyed society.
Any comments on this?
(By the way, I wasn't an outcast in high school.)
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