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The word “comfortable” is doing a whole lot of work in public debate about schools these days. And it’s true, education is •full• of discomfort:

Students get uncomfortable when learning a an unfamiliar concept.

Students get uncomfortable when they become aware of problems in the world.

Students get uncomfortable when their assumptions are challenged.

Students get uncomfortable when they feel unsafe.

I don’t think the word “uncomfortable” means the same thing in all those sentences.

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