Does the Citizen Belong to the State?
26 November 2006
The Editor, New York Times
229 West 43rd St.
New York, NY 10036
To the Editor:
Responding to home-schooling and "unschooling," Professor Luis Huerta insists that "If the public and policy makers don't feel that this is a form of schooling that is producing productive citizens, then people should vote to make changes accordingly" ("Home Schoolers Content to Take Children's Lead," Nov. 26).
Even if you agree with Prof. Huerta's dubious assumption that the state is a better judge than are parents of how, and for what purposes, children should be educated, what schooling alternative does the professor propose? Government schooling? If so, does he really think that better citizens would be produced by forcing even more children into the chops of the greedy and rapacious teachers' unions?
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
The Editor, New York Times
229 West 43rd St.
New York, NY 10036
To the Editor:
Responding to home-schooling and "unschooling," Professor Luis Huerta insists that "If the public and policy makers don't feel that this is a form of schooling that is producing productive citizens, then people should vote to make changes accordingly" ("Home Schoolers Content to Take Children's Lead," Nov. 26).
Even if you agree with Prof. Huerta's dubious assumption that the state is a better judge than are parents of how, and for what purposes, children should be educated, what schooling alternative does the professor propose? Government schooling? If so, does he really think that better citizens would be produced by forcing even more children into the chops of the greedy and rapacious teachers' unions?
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
Posted by Don Boudreaux on
Friday August 3, 2007 at 2:05pm