What are schools like?

“Schools are the sites of choice because they

have, to some extent, the two most important resources for

this work: diversity and problems.”

Fist I would like to open by stating that Parkers view on what makes an idiot an idiot, makes perfect sense. In many cases when one comments to someone as an idiot his meanings are used. Now that we have that out of the way we can talk of the question. What are our schools like? I feel that in his quote at the end of his writing answers the question. When explaining why he feels schools are a good area for students to learn how to engage in class discussions we states “Schools are the sites of choice because they

have, to some extent, the two most important resources for this work: diversity and problems.” The answer to what are our schools is in stated clearly. Our schools are diverse in their own ways and everyone contains problems. By this I an trying to state that though many of our public schools contain a majority of one race. They all have different income levels and many other things that make them diverse. Also as anyone who has ever gone to high school knows there are issues that the students are able to handle themselves if given an opportunity to speak on it. We see an example of this in the peace when students are asked about the “you can’t say you can’t play” rule. The students though young where able to engage in discourse about a topic and argue with good well thought arguments. Now Parker viewed this as a way to build or mold citizens. He felt that if students engage in this early then they will be able to understand democracy better. This leaves me with my question. Will the students gain from this the idea of the whole rules over the individual? Or are the students simply arguing for certain rules in order to achieve personal gains.