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Why do many private schools resemble public schools?
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Why do many private schools resemble public schools?
So, the American (and other countries' I assume) public schools are intended to churn out obedient workers, right? They teach you to conform and do as your superior tells you. Why, then, do many elite private schools have the same structure as public schools? The students there will more likely end up an executive rather than just another worker. It's probable these students will end up making the rules, not following them. So why are they forced to shut up and obey just like public school students? Preparation for college maybe? I didn't intend to sound elitist or anything, but having gone to a private school I am curious about this.
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Re: Why do many private schools resemble public schools?
These private schools will churn out obedient workers just at public schools do, only these workers will wear Italian leather shoes instead of Payless and have a little better education. ;]
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Re: Why do many private schools resemble public schools?
Well, in the case of the private school I was at, it was due to pressure from parents. Most of them were pretty closed-minded and conservative, so they wanted to be sure their kids were being 'disciplined' properly and all that crap. So the school had to give in to the majority vote, or lose "customers".
Summary: because most people can't imagine it working any other way. 
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Re: Why do many private schools resemble public schools?
SoulRiser Wrote:Summary: because most people can't imagine it working any other way.
And this is why the system is so pervasive and why 99.9% of the time, it's done a certain way.
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Re: Why do many private schools resemble public schools?
Well, as far as they're concerned, it is... because they don't bother to define "working" (either that or it's defined vaguely enough that you could go so far as to say concentration camps are "working" - it has some form of outcome, even though it's a really bad outcome) 
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