Edugami

The idea of public education depends absolutely on the existence of narratives and the exclusion of narratives that lead to alienation and divisiveness."

". . . public education does not serve a public. It creates a public. And in creating the right kind of public, the schools contribute toward strengthening the spiritual basis of the American Creed."
                                                                                    ~ Neil Postman

Journal 6

In this course we are actively investigating narratives and how their presence, or absence,  can lead to unity or alienation when narratives are excluded.

Postman says there are two contradictory beliefs that form the narrative of what it means to be human, to be a citizen, and to be intelligent:

• Schools must teach the young to accept the world as it is -- the rules, the constraints, and prejudices.
• The young should be taught to be critical thinkers, to become of an independent mind, with the strength and skill to change what is wrong. 

What is the "right" kind of public, what is school for,  and what might Postman mean by the s"spiritual basis of the American Creed"?