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"I for my own part know of only two exact contraries: _institutions for teaching culture and institutions for teaching how to succeed in life_. All our present institutions belong to the second class; but I am speaking only of the first." I FOR MY OWN PART KNOW OF ONLY TWO EXACT CONTRARIES INSTITUTIONS FOR TEACHING CULTURE AND INSTITUTIONS FOR TEACHING HOW TO SUCCEED IN LIFE ALL OUR PRESENT INSTITUTIONS BELONG TO THE SECOND CLASS BUT I AM SPEAKING ONLY OF THE FIRST
necessary. In the public schools, however, there is very much less honesty and very much less ability too; for in them we find an instinctive feeling of shame, the unconscious perception of the fact that the whole institution has been ignominiously degraded, and that the sonorous words of wise and apathetic teachers are contradictory to the dreary, barbaric, and sterile reality. So there are no true cultural institutions! And in those very places where a pretence to culture is still kept up, we find the people more hopeless, atrophied, and discontented than in the secondary schools, where the so-called 'realistic' subjects are taught! Besides this, only think how immature and uninformed one must be in the company of such teachers when one actually misunderstands the rigorously defined philosophical expressions 'real' and 'realism' to such a degree as to think them the contraries of mind and matter, and to interpret 'realism' as 'the road to knowledge, formation, and mastery of reality. UT FROM ONE NEVERTHELESS HIGHLY NECESSARY IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS HOWEVER THERE IS MUCH LESS HONESTY AND VERY MUCH LESS ABILITY TOO FOR IN THEM WE FIND AN INSTINCTIVE FEELING OF SHAME THE UNCONSCIOUS PERCEPTION OF THE FACT THAT THE WHOLE INSTITUTION HAS BEEN IGNOMINIOUSLY DEGRADED AND THAT THE SONOROUS WORDS OF WISE AND APATHETIC TEACHERS ARE CONTRADICTORY TO THE DREARY BARBARIC AND STERILE REALITY SO THERE ARE NO TRUE CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS AND IN THOSE VERY PLACES WHERE ITS PRETENSE TO CULTURE IS STILL KEPT UP WE FIND THE PEOPLE MORE HOPELESS ATROPHIED AND DISCONTENTED THAT IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS WHERE THE SO CALLED REALISTIC SUBJECTS ARE TAUGHT BESIDES THIS ONLY THINK HOW IMMATURE AND UNINFORMED ONE MUST BE IN THE COMPANY OF SUCH TEACHERS WHEN ONE ACTUALLY MISUNDERSTANDS THE RIGOROUSLY DEFINED PHILOSOPHICAL EXPRESSIONS REAL AND REALISM TO SUCH A DEGREE AS TO THINK THEM THE CONTRARIES OF MIND AND MATTER AND TO INTERPRET REALISM AS THE ROAD TO KNOWLEDGE FORMATION AND MASTERY OF REALITY
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