Show EDUCATIONS EDUCATION'S TASK I think there is- is considerable exaggeration in the statement that democracy in this country is seriously threatened by a dictatorship dictatorship dic dic- dic- dic from either the right or orthe orthe orthe the left I think there is more danger that we shall go stumbling stumbling bling ling along But stumbling and drifting may be fatal atal to the enduring enduring enduring en en- during maintenance of a democratic democratic democratic demo demo- cratic way of life even though it does not eventuate in either a fascist fascist fascist fas fas- cist or communist dictatorship In order to be intelligent the idea of the democratic way of life must mast not remain vague and generaL gen gen- eral It must be translated into the concrete details of what it means in every walk and aspect of life The enforcement of an understanding of what it is and means throughout every form and mode of human association is the preeminent task of public education education tion in our day and generation John Dewe Dewey |