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This reminds me of people who don't dare to question school itself or who interpret all challenges to the basic assumptions of conventional schooling as being against more egalitarian societies.
From Disciplined Minds by Jeff Schmidt
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From Disciplined Minds by Jeff Schmidt
https://archive.org/stream/jeff_schmidt_disciplined_minds/Jeff%20Schmidt%20-%20Disciplined%20Minds%20A%20Critical%20Look%20at%20Salaried%20Professionals%20and%20the%20Soul-battering%20System%20That%20Shapes%20Their%20Lives_djvu.txt?source=post_page---------------------------
"Discuss [school] with a liberal [...] and you will not hear a word in favor of a more democratic distribution of power in [schools and classrooms], perhaps because in the professional’s view [kids are incompetent and the poor are assumed to be ignorant]."
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!["Discuss [school] with a liberal [...] and you will not hear a word in favor of a more democratic distribution of power in [schools and classrooms], perhaps because in the professional’s view [kids are incompetent and the poor are assumed to be ignorant]." https://archive.org/stream/jeff_schmidt_disciplined_minds/Jeff%20Schmidt%20-%20Disciplined%20Minds%20A%20Critical%20Look%20at%20Salaried%20Professionals%20and%20the%20Soul-battering%20System%20That%20Shapes%20Their%20Lives_djvu.txt?source=post_page---------------------------](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EU2ZsSdXsAAJOMk.jpg "\"Discuss [school] with a liberal [...] and you will not hear a word in favor of a more democratic distribution of power in [schools and classrooms], perhaps because in the professional’s view [kids are incompetent and the poor are assumed to be ignorant].\" https://archive.org/stream/jeff_schmidt_disciplined_minds/Jeff%20Schmidt%20-%20Disciplined%20Minds%20A%20Critical%20Look%20at%20Salaried%20Professionals%20and%20the%20Soul-battering%20System%20That%20Shapes%20Their%20Lives_djvu.txt?source=post_page---------------------------")
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"Indeed, there is an enormous gap between the opinions of [professional educators] and [..] the opinions that guide their work. When their opinions count, most [professional educators] are [authoritarian]."
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!["Indeed, there is an enormous gap between the opinions of [professional educators] and [..] the opinions that guide their work. When their opinions count, most [professional educators] are [authoritarian]." https://archive.org/stream/jeff_schmidt_disciplined_minds/Jeff%20Schmidt%20-%20Disciplined%20Minds%20A%20Critical%20Look%20at%20Salaried%20Professionals%20and%20the%20Soul-battering%20System%20That%20Shapes%20Their%20Lives_djvu.txt?source=post_page---------------------------](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EU2cuM9WoAAzOEZ.jpg "\"Indeed, there is an enormous gap between the opinions of [professional educators] and [..] the opinions that guide their work. When their opinions count, most [professional educators] are [authoritarian].\" https://archive.org/stream/jeff_schmidt_disciplined_minds/Jeff%20Schmidt%20-%20Disciplined%20Minds%20A%20Critical%20Look%20at%20Salaried%20Professionals%20and%20the%20Soul-battering%20System%20That%20Shapes%20Their%20Lives_djvu.txt?source=post_page---------------------------")
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"The goal of today’s liberal admissions or qualifying examination is to offer all students, rich and poor, majority and minority, male and female, an equal opportunity to serve the system..."
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"Individuals who call themselves radical [...], but who think of themselves as professionals first, are in essence liberals. Such people make the social reform movement unattractive by bringing to it the same elitism, the same inequality of authority..."
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!["Individuals who call themselves radical [...], but who think of themselves as professionals first, are in essence liberals. Such people make the social reform movement unattractive by bringing to it the same elitism, the same inequality of authority..." https://archive.org/stream/jeff_schmidt_disciplined_minds/Jeff%20Schmidt%20-%20Disciplined%20Minds%20A%20Critical%20Look%20at%20Salaried%20Professionals%20and%20the%20Soul-battering%20System%20That%20Shapes%20Their%20Lives_djvu.txt?source=post_page---------------------------](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EU2i3ouXkAAghKw.jpg "\"Individuals who call themselves radical [...], but who think of themselves as professionals first, are in essence liberals. Such people make the social reform movement unattractive by bringing to it the same elitism, the same inequality of authority...\" https://archive.org/stream/jeff_schmidt_disciplined_minds/Jeff%20Schmidt%20-%20Disciplined%20Minds%20A%20Critical%20Look%20at%20Salaried%20Professionals%20and%20the%20Soul-battering%20System%20That%20Shapes%20Their%20Lives_djvu.txt?source=post_page---------------------------")
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