Education debate chapter 5 - reflections

I must admit the writing of this chapter was a little impenetrable - academic prose sometimes put me off things that eventually seem interesting.

What did make me try and wrap my head around the academic prose was the use of gardener/gamekeeper metaphor of teaching; it helped me understand a little more what I was reading.

Because I struggled reading this chapter it's hard to comment as I'm not sure I'm drawing the right conclusions, nevertheless I did find the part about 'selection and segregation' (p195) worry, especially as I accept that it's probably accurate. I'm not sure I like the idea of learning for a vocation anyway, which makes it more worrying a trend for me.