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Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 03:51:53 -0600
From: Sandi & Scott Spaeth <vespass-AT-toast.net>
Subject: Ivan Illich?


Anybody ever heard of this guy?  I'm reading his book 'Deschooling Society' 
right now, he makes some really good arguments about dismantling the 
institutionalized producer-consumer model of education and replacing it 
with a self-driven individual model, which sounds great, but then he keeps 
veering off towards proposing legislation to support his model, where 
needless to say, he loses me.  Given that the book was written in 1970, I 
can understand him not forseeing homeschooling or the world wide web, but 
you would think he'd understand that mass answers (one model for everybody) 
never work, and concentrate more on tearing down useless old structures and 
allowing people to build new ones as their desire and needs 
dictate.  Anyway, I'm supposing this is all old news to Andy and Carp, and 
I'd like to hear what they think about it, and to suggest the book to those 
who haven't read it - particularly those still in school with whom it may 
resonate more.  His solutions are half-baked, but his criticisms are on the 
money.

cheers,
Scott
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