Self-knowledge Is The Only Basis Of True

Who Besides A Degraded Rabble Would Voluntarily Present Itself To Be Graded And Classified Like Meat? No Wonder School Is Compulsory.

There Isn't A Right Way To Become Educated; There Are As Many Ways As There Are Fingerprints.

I've Noticed A Fascinating Phenomenon In My Twenty-five Years Of Teaching - That Schools And Schooling Are Increasingly Irrelevant To The Great Enterprises Of The Planet. No One Believes Anymore That Scientists Are Trained In Science Classes Or Politicians In Civics Classes Or Poets In English Classes. The Truth Is That Schools Don't Really Teach Anything Except How To Obey Orders.

Is It Any Wonder That Socrates Was Outraged At The Accusation He Took Money To Teach? Even Then, Philosophers Saw Clearly The Inevitable Direction The Professionalization Of Teaching Would Take, That Of Pre-empting The Teaching Function, Which, In A Healthy Community, Belongs To Everyone.

School Is A Twelve-year Jail Sentence Where Bad Habits Are The Only Curriculum Truly Learned.