An unexpected outcome of the public education system in the U.S. is that children learn to be patriotic. Learning patriotism is an)__________ function of public education.

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Latent functions are the unintended or unrecognized outcomes of a social process. In this case, learning patriotism is not the primary goal of public education (which is to educate children in subjects like math, science, and literature), making it a latent function.

An Unexpected Outcome of the Public Education System in the U.S