Do you know freedom exists in a school book
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Morrison questions institutional education, implying true freedom is suppressed rather than taught within traditional systems.
- In plain terms
- He doubts that schools teach real freedom.
- What can you take from it?
- Real freedom often comes from outside formal education.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Where did you learn to be free?
- What does school teach you?
Another view
It ignores that schools can sometimes foster critical thinking and freedom.
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