compulsory compulsory critique american public schools written published established social critic american society role youth previous book growing absurd argues necessity schools youth recommends abolition suggests formal education lasts long teaches wrong social class values increasingly damages students time writes school reflects values society school focus values schools proposes variety alternatives school including school city farm school guided travel youth organizations reviewers complimented style noted deliberate split feasibility proposals book precursor work advocate background american intellectual cultural critic rose prominence publishing growing absurd book asserts structure american society needs youth subsequent book community scholars experience classroom informed criticism american schooling development book initially published later republished summary compulsory critique american public school system argues social necessity mandatory attendance requirements contends right education growing worthwhile world adult concern schooling indicative opposite world thinks education strengthen children drive abilities society developing community spirit claims school instead encourages good private corporate needs cost public writes america schools reflect societal values need change schools criticizes structure academic curriculum connects programmed instruction schooling mind proportional time regards academic establishment self invested intellectual class worse time henry eighth accordingly inclined knowing march management expert adviser roles rest little self worth societal roles pursuing worthless degrees schooling appear cruel hoax sees schools mechanisms adjusting youth automated society increasingly absent human values public schools teach middle class values sees schools favoring bureaucratic time serving grade grind practical climbing independence initiative honesty utility respect thorough scholarship way schooling good use student time students right quit avoid psychological professional damage important social class segregation asserts middle class kids better public schooling altogether proposes alternatives formal schooling high school public funds directly students advocates variety experimental school alternatives school real city school farm schools practical guided travel work camps little theaters local newspapers community service proposals include making class non compulsory attendance reflect student interest trapping children requiring students wait years applying elite colleges eliminating grades burden testing required skills falls companies letting students quit resume freely proposes danish folk school style education academics foremost intention stimulate new educational acknowledges specific proposals unpopular ignored reception described compulsory passionate called absence formal schooling startling characterized lonely crying marketplace largest single share public wealth devoted strategies enormous dedicated putting probable victims recommended book parents children welfare recommended onslaught like contentious material wrote approach instance favor sexual expression importance literacy schools explained book poem definition imaginary garden real metaphor found lacked imagination understood growth important trait compared prominent considered competent understanding conditions learning felt complemented shared common disparate interest distribution power schooling structures agreed conclusions considered sermon like permitting counter interpretation added theoretical logic complete work provided little apart neat interpretation reality schools affect students human attributes wrote proposals concrete modest inexpensive practical aims implemented smaller scale furthermore concluded argument education intended promote strong reporter struggled disagree claim schools provided little room free felt explained primary schools improved content said book key flaw position political vacuum offering means society acknowledge expressed schooling model new york herald book week wrote like spoke considered sensitive children complimented brilliant authenticity describing children learn defiance embarrassment found resentment authority points leave readers skeptical children wrote lost find limits serve test partisan unable continually yielding understanding children feel resistance develop respect seek legacy fortnight placed alongside education anti new science said book influential education circles early 1970s wrote pioneered schools later popularized thoughts articulate comparison retrospective work said book length critiques american education prominent intellectual
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