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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem is that schools do not own up to that responsibility, especially not if those who may need a more profound exposure to social realities and connections are lectured to or bent over homework sheets from dawn to dusk instead of building skills and practicing critical judgement.[/quote]
This is an excellent point, but I think it's not either/or: Basis, in theory, could have the high expectations it has AND also reach for a way to allow a dialogue on diversity, racism and intolerance of all kinds.  The Basis founders may  think such discussions are either superfluous to their mission or just nonsense, not sure where they stand on it.  But the fact that they embraced the idea of opening a Basis in this racially charged environment would seem to indicate at least the seed of a desire to begin to tackle the broader mandates of educating the whole person.  There are private schools that tackle racial inequity in their mission, but I've found even that to be insufficient; I've seen parents deeply committed to racial tolerance turn around and encourage their child in discriminating against kids who seem weird, snooty, pathetic, lazy, hot-headed, wealthy or poor or, yes, racist.  My child at Basis has already been called faggot, idiot, liar and more; he has probably dished it out as well.   Intolerance is complicated and I hope Basis will tackle it with the same insight they apply to academics.[/quote]

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