Hacker News Reader

In what US school are kids serving others lunch, cleaning, etc? There are huge differences in the systems. Even if the curriculum is similar (which I doubt, but having investigated) the execution is vastly different. The societal/cultural aspects are also very different.

View on HN

I agree that there are vast social differences, but I think the primary difference is that teachers are not respected, both in terms of their wage and in terms of their social status, and education is not treated as sacred and liberating, but is used mostly (in the US) as a means of discipline and control, and the "educational" part is little more than propaganda. In the rare instances where it is not simply a means of state-control and propaganda, the would be teachers of math, science, and humanities subjects who are genuinely interested in education only for the purpose of showing what is beautiful and freeing in the world are never treated in a way which would make them want to do such a noble benefit for society.

Not responding to the differences in systems but there are US schools where kids do serve meals, clean, etc.

Military schools. I’m not talking West Point, the other Academies, or VMI and the others. There are military boarding high schools where they do this.

Definitely. They typically score very highly for academics (like most private schools).

Reply on news.ycombinator.com