[mjburgess]

Downvoted because you disagree?

Let me preface this comment by saying: this isn't my view of primary education, but of secondary mostly. Primary education has undergone a lot of changes and it is increasingly effective at education.

However, yes, the motivations of the people involved in a system is often at-odds with the system they've got themselves involved in.

The teacher's motivation may be school's auxiliary function but their mental and physical energy is spent on its primary and secondary functions.

"For the sake of educating these children, I will sacrifice my effort/energy/time in disciplining them, in grading them, in differentiating them, and so on".

People need their motivations.

My aim is to describe the system not to describe the motivations of the people involved: the former is social anthropology; the latter is religion.

[garmaine]

Because it doesn’t reflect reality.