Morendil comments on Lost Purposes - Less Wrong
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I don't see how that, even if true, would make what schools are doing look any more sensible. Surely that purpose could be accomplished without wasting entire years of children's lives on sitting in a room doing nothing particularly useful.
The most obvious purpose of school is custodial.
Tied for first place with compliance. :)