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Full Idea
Are students the consumers of education, or its product?
Gist of Idea
Are students consumers or products of education?
Source
Mark Fisher (Capitalist Realism [2009], 6)
Book Ref
Fisher,Mark: 'Capitalist Realism' [Zero Books 2009], p.42
A Reaction
As a teacher I have been increasingly obliged to treat pupils as customers, meaning that my main task is to keep them happy. Admittedly, pupils who are interested are usually happy pupils, but as a main objective happiness seems wrong.