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I agree with Del about the analysis, however i think it is limiting to restrict it solely to the insitution of education.
Essentially, we have McEducation for the McMasses, just like we have McEverything else why is it unusual that we have schools that are like factories? It's not, it's quite normal. So the question isn't why are schools like factories, but why are all of us in factories of some kind and we don't even recognize it?
It is actually easier to see with school, IMO. Schools are like factories because production is key; in many (most?) ways, we are not producing learning experiences for students, we are producing transcripts, degrees, GPA's those are the coins of the realm that they (and we) inhabit. Students come to school to get a piece of paper (or several) that they can use as a resource to get somewhere else. A degree is just another form of currency. If learning occurs along the way, so be it, but I would hazard a guess that kids get up at 8:00 am to come to class so they can get the paper, not necessarily because they want to be wowed by the wonders of sociology.
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John E. Glass, Ph.D.
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