  07-001/text002.html   ck_pearse > i do not know how far it is possible to revive the old ideal of fosterer and foster-child. i know it were very desirable. one sees too clearly that the modern system, under which the teacher tends more and more to become a mere civil servant, is making for the degradation of education, and will end in irreligion and anarchy. the modern child is coming to regard his teacher as an official paid by the state to render him certain services; services which it is in his interest to avail of, since by doing so he will increase his earning capacity later on; but services the rendering and acceptance of which no more imply a sacred relationship than do the rendering and acceptance of the services of a dentist or a chiropodist. there is thus coming about a complete reversal of the relative positions of master and disciple, a tendency which is increased by every statute that is placed on the statute book, by every rule that is added to the education code of modern countries. so this work is about the british instituted education system in ireland in 1916. i found this paragraph rather poignant in its prophetic nature. i suppose i should say while pease was writing about ireland the british did impose the same school system on itself. i think the general trend of seeing teachers as servants rather than masters has done a number on the british psyche in several ways. first the entitlement of the parents, a point pease is not at fault for neglecting to include, the feralness of the modern underclass was likely unimaginable to men of the time. second the disregard of parents, suddenly you're not selecting which master you trust most with your child, you're choosing the most convenient servant to take it off your hands for 50% of its waking hours. third the implication of school as the new normal, you don't have to know things so you can teach your children. maybe cont?
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