Reduction of the Meaning of "Educating"

Furthermore, this policy reduces the meaning of "educating" to merely a biological process. As if, if calorie input goes in, automatically intelligence output comes out. This is a simplification that insults the complexity of neuroscience and educational psychology.

Theory Human Capital (Human Capital Theory) While Gary Becker emphasized the importance of health as capital, the most significant variables in improving productivity and intelligence are the quality of training and education itself. A child who is full but taught by an incompetent teacher, in a leaky classroom, without quality reading material, will still grow into a "full but empty" generation. We are creating a physically healthy but intellectually dull generation. The Constitution does not order the state to "satiate the life of the nation," but to "enlighten" it. The difference is fundamental. Satiating is satisfying basic animal instincts; enlightening is elevating the human degree to a transcendental level.

State Paternalism and the Death of the Family Role

An equally sharp sociological critique can be directed at the aspect of state paternalism. This program systematically takes over the domestic responsibilities of parents. In the theory of Subsidiarity, functions that can be performed by the smallest unit (the family) should not be taken over by the largest unit (the state) except in emergencies.

Preparing breakfast or school lunches is a basic social contract between parents and children. When the state takes over this role, we are educating parents to be hands-off. The state seems to say, "Let the nutritional affairs of your children be our business." This creates a dangerous mentality of dependency (dependency culture). Instead of empowering the family economy so that parents can afford nutritious food themselves (through job creation, for example), the state distributes fish, not fishing rods. This is a setback in building an independent national character. Do we want to create a nation of beggars who hold out their hands to the state just for lunch?