Since every effort in our educational life seems to be directed toward making of the child a being foreign to itself, it must of necessity produce individuals foreign to one another, and in everlasting antagonism with each other.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Education systems that force conformity create isolated individuals.
- In plain terms
- Schools make kids unlike themselves.
- What can you take from it?
- Rigid schooling creates alienation.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do schools shape identity?
- Is conformity always bad?
Another view
Some structure is necessary for learning.
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