Way more complicated path than “school teaches X”. School (talking primary and secondary here, not college) teaches basic conformity in a direct way—you avoid punishment by not calling attention to yourself except in approved ways. School also directly teaches a very small set of facts and skills.
School INDIRECTLY teaches a lot more. Or maybe it’s better to say that school provides an environment and opportunity for parents and peers to teach/reinforce a whole lot of societal values and skills.
Some will learn to “sit there and do the task even if you don’t like/value it”, some will learn “do the minimum to not be punished”, some will learn that if you get sent to the library for not participating, you can read all day instead of sitting there. Some will even learn to decide what’s the best path for themselves, and how to get some value from the routine without letting it crush them.
So, for some (maybe even many), school is an important part of teaching/training reliability. It’s wrong to say that “school teaches it”, but it’s also wrong to imply that school is irrelevant in teaching it.
Way more complicated path than “school teaches X”. School (talking primary and secondary here, not college) teaches basic conformity in a direct way—you avoid punishment by not calling attention to yourself except in approved ways. School also directly teaches a very small set of facts and skills.
School INDIRECTLY teaches a lot more. Or maybe it’s better to say that school provides an environment and opportunity for parents and peers to teach/reinforce a whole lot of societal values and skills.
Some will learn to “sit there and do the task even if you don’t like/value it”, some will learn “do the minimum to not be punished”, some will learn that if you get sent to the library for not participating, you can read all day instead of sitting there. Some will even learn to decide what’s the best path for themselves, and how to get some value from the routine without letting it crush them.
So, for some (maybe even many), school is an important part of teaching/training reliability. It’s wrong to say that “school teaches it”, but it’s also wrong to imply that school is irrelevant in teaching it.
I’d go with “school should (be a part of) teaching it”.