"In loco parentis" is Latin for "in the place of a parent", refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the functions and responsibilities of a parent. It is mostly used to indicate the role of a school in upbringing of children, but can pertain to adoption.
"Deus ex machina" is Latin derived from Greek ἀπὸ μηχανῆς θεός (apò mēkhanês theós) 'god from the machine'. The meaning is an unexpected saviour or an improbable event that brings order out of chaos.
"El Shaddai": God as the " אֵל שַׁדַּי " (el shaddai), the mighty teat, who will supply his
children with his life sustaining milk.
"...they said to God (El), ‘Go away!, What can Shaddai do for us or to us? -Job 21.17 Jerusalem Bible (modified).
The root problem is not Education per se. Education is a life-long pursuit. It's the responsibility of the parents and when the child reaches some age, be it 12 or 18 or 21 or 30, it is time for the child to consider on its own what to do, to an increasing extent. I hadn't read Howard Zinn's extended rant until yesterday, although I am only 68 years old right now. I didn't find anything new in it nor any reason to forbid it from the libraries along side Mein Kampf, Voltaire, and Mark Twain's works.
The root problem is that the people have rejected El Shaddai and embraced government in loco parentis as a sort of deus ex machina. They have rejected El Shaddai. History ought to teach us that such doesn't turn out so well.
Three phrases from the Classic languages:
"In loco parentis" is Latin for "in the place of a parent", refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the functions and responsibilities of a parent. It is mostly used to indicate the role of a school in upbringing of children, but can pertain to adoption.
"Deus ex machina" is Latin derived from Greek ἀπὸ μηχανῆς θεός (apò mēkhanês theós) 'god from the machine'. The meaning is an unexpected saviour or an improbable event that brings order out of chaos.
"El Shaddai": God as the " אֵל שַׁדַּי " (el shaddai), the mighty teat, who will supply his
children with his life sustaining milk.
"...they said to God (El), ‘Go away!, What can Shaddai do for us or to us? -Job 21.17 Jerusalem Bible (modified).
The root problem is not Education per se. Education is a life-long pursuit. It's the responsibility of the parents and when the child reaches some age, be it 12 or 18 or 21 or 30, it is time for the child to consider on its own what to do, to an increasing extent. I hadn't read Howard Zinn's extended rant until yesterday, although I am only 68 years old right now. I didn't find anything new in it nor any reason to forbid it from the libraries along side Mein Kampf, Voltaire, and Mark Twain's works.
The root problem is that the people have rejected El Shaddai and embraced government in loco parentis as a sort of deus ex machina. They have rejected El Shaddai. History ought to teach us that such doesn't turn out so well.