Failed Indoctrination Campaign

Reflecting on 15 years of schooling and a new vision for nonschool

“Must we always teach our children with books? Let them look at the mountains and the stars above. Let them look at the beauty of the waters and the trees and flowers on earth. They will then begin to think, and to think is the beginning of a real education.” -David Polis

I had the government schooling experience. The one we all had. My senior quote was “I’m leaving and I’m not coming back to this government funded torture chamber.”

Turns out college is high school but with more binge drinking. 

I did the schooling. The one where you’re confused why you are there and soon you don’t want to be there anymore, but you have 12 years left. The fear of humiliation and solitary confinement keeps you in line. The reward for obedience is a letter “grade” and toxic candy. A literal carrot hanging from a stick would be more humane. It’s a society-wide state-funded Pavlov experiment.

The weight of it is too much to contemplate. 

We didn’t know what we were in, like fish in a tank. There was nowhere el…