Re: school, work, and education

Louise Yarnall (lyarnall who-is-at ucla.edu)
Wed, 02 Dec 1998 10:48:44 -0800

Another thread in this "school to work" discussion is the persistent
negative perspective upon anything "corporate." I recently returned from
my high school reunion, and most everyone was either working a blue-collar
job or working as a manager for a corporation. The fact is, most students
are going to wind up working in a corporation, and I fail to see the
educational or pedagogical benefit of avoiding this reality. Why not teach
them about how corporate culture works and give them some tools to reform it?

Louise

Phil Graham said:

The critical question is: "what role does education have outside
>_corporate_ outcomes?"
>
>Corporate interests are the bugaboo here, not the world of work (the social
>(re)production process) per se, which, as you point out, includes
>everything that people do.

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