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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

The original idea behind school isn't to educate the masses. Why would a factory worker need to know calculus and Shakespeare? He needs to read the clock and timetables, be on time, wake up in the morning early enough to be punctual, ...

In certain country reading clock and timetables was deemed not enough for factory worker.