Hello loganb,
It seems the word 'school' came from a Greek word that had a meaning
many students today would say does not make much sense. It seems that
as schools were institutionalized, the word stuck even though the
meaning of the word changed. Here are some quotes from my research:
"The English word school comes from this Greek word; School means
leisure. You can learn something only when you are at leisure;
learning happens in leisure. If you are active, doing this and that,
you cannot learn.
Schools were for the leisure class - those who could afford leisure.
Their children were sent to schools, to places of leisure. They were
not to do anything but learn; they were allowed total inactivity as
far as the world was concerned. They were freed from all worldly
activity, and then they could learn."
SOURCE: http://www.sivasakti.com/local/osho/vijnana-bhairava-tantra-vol1/page136.html
"Today school is no more a place of leisure or of peace as the very
word 'school' means. (The word school drives from Greek '&hole meaning
leisure)"
SOURCE: http://www.ncte-in.org/pub/unesco/ch1.htm
"?We may have associated school with work, in the sense of acquiring
useful knowledge and skills without which the work of satisfying our
wants is considered ineffective. But the word, school, means the
opposite. It comes from a Greek word, ?skole? which means leisure, or
free time. A school was understood to be the place where one was
introduced to those activities and attitudes toward the world that
were not concerned with satisfying wants, where, in fact, one was
introduced to those activities of explanation and imagination that
were free because they were pursued for their own sake, and were
emancipated from the limitations and anxieties of work.?"
SOURCE: http://luba.state.or.us/pdf/2002/sep02/02026.htm
I hope this was the type of research that you were looking for. Please
let me know if you have any questions regarding my answer. Thank You,
tisme-ga
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