School reform is not enough. The notion of schooling itself must be challenged.
Child labor becomes a label of condemnation in spite of its ancient function as the quickest, most reliable way to human independence
In our secular society, school has become the replacement for church, and like church it requires that its teachings must be taken on faith.
I teach how to fit into a world I don’t want to live in. I just can’t do it anymore.
Curiosity has no important place in my work, only conformity.
Nobody gives you an education. If you want one, you have to take it.
The obligation to amuse and instruct myself was entirely my own, and people who didn’t know that were childish people, to be avoided if possible. Certainly not to be trusted.
The economy schoolchildren currently expect to live under and serve would not survive a generation of young people trained to think critically.
Who besides a degraded rabble would voluntarily present itself to be graded and classified like meat? No wonder school is compulsory.
Children allowed to take responsibility and given a serious part in the larger world are always superior to those merely permitted to play and be passive.
