Question

"The original idea of schools, which I do not believe is yet abandoned as worthless or out of date, was that children had not yet reached the point of experience and wisdom which enabled them to teach all of their elders... but one may, I hope, be permitted to harbor the thought that taxpayers send children to school on the premise that, at their age, the need to learn, not teach." What is the reasoning in this argument?

Answer 1

That children are sent to school to learn, not to teach, so thestudents in this case were in the wrong by trying to "teach" others something by wearing armbands.