Hypocritically, the anti-culture then gets hysterical about the violence, racism, ignorance and general misery that it's encouraged. This is why the schools stagger from crisis to crisis. People who believe in the anti-culture obviously don't give a damn about genuine education. The last thing they want is kids who can think for themselves and find happiness away from a shopping mall. Thoroughly trained in the anti-culture by the age of five, children come into our classrooms already biased against the love of learning, critical thinking and knowledge itself.
Educators struggle with the conflict between culture and anti-culture.
We know that young people want, need and deserve an economic role as they grow into adults. We make money so we can afford to go skiing, grow flowers, listen to music, travel, write unpublishable novels, raise our kids. If we educators really believe in what we're doing, it's time we went on the attack against the anti-culture. Until we do, we'll keep trying to swim through sand.