Author Topic: Thanks for the Ignore List Idea  (Read 6940 times)

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Offline Michael Hardner

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Re: Thanks for the Ignore List Idea
« Reply #75 on: February 15, 2018, 12:11:34 pm »
I think a more important question is whether or not schools should be teaching values. If not what would it look like if they didn't. When two kids get into a fight, are we to just let them go at it without any consequences because any sort of punishment would be value-normative? Why is it "progressive" values to punish students for behaving badly by being harmful to others either verbally or physically? Honestly, there's nothing rational about this discussion. It's just another example of individuals' unsubstantiated whining about "social justice warriors," or "progressives," or "liberals" [which ironically has nothing to do with "social justice" and more to do with liberty].

I assume you are asking rhetorically.  Of course schools teach values but maybe we need to build a stronger understanding for what a value is, what purpose it serves, and how we can disagree.