> The students want to learn things and socialize with peers.
No. Students want to socialize with peers or play sports/video games. Not learn.
> Teachers want to teach, earn a living, get respect of society.
This is correct
> Parents want their children to be taught, but also want their kids to be taken care of by other adults so they can go to work in peace. Poorer parents in particular also need their kids to be fed and sometimes schools have to do that too.
Also correct. Parents want schools to be daycare, or for elite families, schools are networking opportunities
> Governments want an educated citizenry that is productive, pays taxes, knows the basics of law, civics and so on. They also want to monitor and protect unfortunate children who have bad parents.
Correct. But a population can be productive while being largely uneducated (see China)
But despite the different priorities of the groups, “the student learning”, is not one of them
> But a population can be productive while being largely uneducated (see China)
China's a terrible example in trying to support your point. If the pitch is "education makes better workers" then you shouldn't be looking at GDP, you should be looking at GDP per capita, aka "Are the workers more productive in more educated countries?". And China has a terrible GDP per capita. It ranks 64th in the world to the US's 7th. Applying slightly more rigorous comparison across the world, there's a clear correlation between GDP/capita and average educational attainment.
And you have a very dismal view of students. In my area, at least at the honors level, students were pretty well engaged in learning. Now, that was mostly in order to get into good colleges and appease their parents' desire for them to learn, but they definitely were eager to have the knowledge that was being taught. By the time you get to college, a fair fraction of the students are truly engaged with the material for the material's sake. Even moreso in degrees that aren't glorified trade school programs.
> No. Students want to socialize with peers or play sports/video games. Not learn.
This is frightfully incorrect. Students definitely love to learn. They do not like to be stuffed in a chair and lectured at and forced to do rote activities. But who does?
I don't think the population of China is "largely uneducated" in the sense that began this thread. It is not rare for Chinese kids to go to school, and those schools are not only used for job training.
No. Students want to socialize with peers or play sports/video games. Not learn.
> Teachers want to teach, earn a living, get respect of society.
This is correct
> Parents want their children to be taught, but also want their kids to be taken care of by other adults so they can go to work in peace. Poorer parents in particular also need their kids to be fed and sometimes schools have to do that too.
Also correct. Parents want schools to be daycare, or for elite families, schools are networking opportunities
> Governments want an educated citizenry that is productive, pays taxes, knows the basics of law, civics and so on. They also want to monitor and protect unfortunate children who have bad parents.
Correct. But a population can be productive while being largely uneducated (see China)
But despite the different priorities of the groups, “the student learning”, is not one of them