Fnord wrote:
"School" is not just the formal setting where the teachers teach and the students learn. Anyone who believes otherwise has become too rigid in his or her thinking. That's why I believe that the
School and College Life forum is appropriate for the OP's concerns.
The OP could start his own thread there, and maybe title it
"School Beyond the Classroom" or something like that.
I like your thinking. But school is a place or institution. What you are talking about is 'education,' which is an idea. Education is not limited to a place or institution.
Also, even if we decided to change the meaning of the term school to mean education, we would still have the problem of most people not knowing the new meaning. If we say school, then people will think of the place and institution and not of education.
What do you think?