John Dewey warned, in his book Experience and Education, against dichotomous thinking, or what he called "Either-Or Philosophy." One of the many dangers he spoke of was that either side can become content with a refutation of the other. This, though, leads to few solutions.
I noticed today in class that we were successfully condemning capitalism, education, and the tetra-complex (Military, Industrial, Government, Media). However, despite how many faults were were able to point to, there were no suggestions for alteration. I understand that understanding the failings of the current is an important step to the creation of the new, but I do not want to be bogged down by this.
I do remember Professor Johnson talking about making examples in math textbooks socially and politically relevant, which was a great suggestion, but that was the only one I remember.
Question: The educational system is broken, yes. How then, do we fix it?
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