But you’re not teaching the kid to believe in English, just how to speak it. Saying to your kid “This is what Christians believe” would be education, saying “This is what we believe” is indoctrination. It’s the difference between creating knowledge and creating belief(as fuzzy as that line can be sometimes).
(nods) Similarly, you aren’t saying “this is what English-speakers speak,” you are saying “this is what we speak.”
I’m not suggesting that indoctrinating someone in a language is the same thing as indoctrinating them in a religion, or that it’s morally equivalent, or that they are equally useful, or anything of the sort. But they are both indoctrination (as well as both being education).
But you’re not teaching the kid to believe in English, just how to speak it. Saying to your kid “This is what Christians believe” would be education, saying “This is what we believe” is indoctrination. It’s the difference between creating knowledge and creating belief(as fuzzy as that line can be sometimes).
(nods) Similarly, you aren’t saying “this is what English-speakers speak,” you are saying “this is what we speak.”
I’m not suggesting that indoctrinating someone in a language is the same thing as indoctrinating them in a religion, or that it’s morally equivalent, or that they are equally useful, or anything of the sort. But they are both indoctrination (as well as both being education).