I think we would both agree that indoctrination – pushing beliefs on someone without analysis – is not the goal of any education. Education, by definition, is about analysis and critique. Which is why their course list sounds dreamy – because it offers a chance to analyze and consider points of view that have been absent from much of mainstream education. Which adds to the analysis/critique, doesn’t subtract from it.
I get that some of the topics may not appeal to everyone, though. And I get that it’s uncomfortable to consider how far from my experience others might have.
The list of sample courses offered as part of the social justice curriculum sounded positively dreamy to me, partially because it would undo some of the indoctrination that we inadvertently and inevitably receive just growing up in western society.
It’s great we all have choices on which schools excite us! We can’t all attend CSW, after all.
and now I’ll stop because we are getting off topic of general late apps, but since some of those tend to be the progressive schools, I hope this conversation proves relevant.