Hi Seth, Great points you make here and I know you could say more! One practical/game-changing approach would be to fund schools across the nation equally rather than based on local real estate or any other local taxes, and for the taxes to support the infrastructure and operational costs of schools but with no say on the curriculum of each school community...how rich and diverse this would be! Thank you!
I could use your help to wrap my head around your point, Seth, that - from three-fold organism perspective - state-run schooling is actually unconstitutional and new Christo-fascist Speaker of the House Mike Johnson perspective - based on HIS reading of the First Amendment - that “separation of church and state is a misnomer”. That church and state belong together not apart. Your thoughts?
Interesting take, Seth! I didn't realize you were so radical! Is there significant overlap between libertarians and proponents of Steiner's educational and philosophical principles? Or is this issue an outlier?
You make a strong and thought-provoking argument, though it rests heavily on those citations regarding the First Amendment's core purpose being to safeguard the “welfare of the single human soul,” to create an independent “sphere of intellect and spirit” that ensures one has “autonomous control over the development of one’s intellect and personality.” I would need to explore the original sources to better understand if they represent legal precedent or are just strongly held opinions of so-called experts.
Without doing more of my own research, I worry you're engaging in a broad interpretation of the Constitution (i.e., interpreting intent beyond the specific provisions stated in the text) the same way radical gun-rights advocates interpret the Second Amendment as protectiung their right to own personal nuclear weapons.
Very interesting post, though. I'll think on it some more and try to make time to read Stephen Arons' paper.
Hi Seth, Great points you make here and I know you could say more! One practical/game-changing approach would be to fund schools across the nation equally rather than based on local real estate or any other local taxes, and for the taxes to support the infrastructure and operational costs of schools but with no say on the curriculum of each school community...how rich and diverse this would be! Thank you!
Ben
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I could use your help to wrap my head around your point, Seth, that - from three-fold organism perspective - state-run schooling is actually unconstitutional and new Christo-fascist Speaker of the House Mike Johnson perspective - based on HIS reading of the First Amendment - that “separation of church and state is a misnomer”. That church and state belong together not apart. Your thoughts?
Interesting take, Seth! I didn't realize you were so radical! Is there significant overlap between libertarians and proponents of Steiner's educational and philosophical principles? Or is this issue an outlier?
You make a strong and thought-provoking argument, though it rests heavily on those citations regarding the First Amendment's core purpose being to safeguard the “welfare of the single human soul,” to create an independent “sphere of intellect and spirit” that ensures one has “autonomous control over the development of one’s intellect and personality.” I would need to explore the original sources to better understand if they represent legal precedent or are just strongly held opinions of so-called experts.
Without doing more of my own research, I worry you're engaging in a broad interpretation of the Constitution (i.e., interpreting intent beyond the specific provisions stated in the text) the same way radical gun-rights advocates interpret the Second Amendment as protectiung their right to own personal nuclear weapons.
Very interesting post, though. I'll think on it some more and try to make time to read Stephen Arons' paper.
-Whit