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School as Agent

This video presents the same text shown beside it, spoken and on screen. It adds nothing the text does not say.

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Schools socialize through their stated curriculum and through their organization: schedules, authority, evaluation, and required cooperation with strangers.

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Schools in different countries teach the same math but enforce very different schedules, seating, and deference to authority.

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Much of what a school teaches was never listed as a subject.