The Problems with Education, and How To Fix Them.
(Work in progress.)
But wait, there's more!:
Addresses to the German Nation
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(The above image comes from https://web.archive.org/web/20180323021238/https://collectivelyconscious.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/school-vs-prison.jpg.)
You are made to go in at a specified time. You are made to sit down at desks in nice & neat rows. You are made to do work which is to be completed at a specified time, & the quality of that work must be up to a specified level. A bell like that in a factory (which may also be a stand-in for military commands) rings to signal changing to other work types, with set times to do everything. It is common to walk in straight lines.
To go with all of this at the same time, there is a mandatory dress code, negative reinforcement, rules that fail to fully respect our real constitutional rights (particularly with zero-tolerance & restrictions on free speech/expression), an authoritarian structure with little to no real input in decision making, & there is emphasis on silence, order, & most of all, obedience. And all of that is before you are made to do homework.
No wonder why kids hate school so much, & feel like it is a factory prison.
Solution:
The case for Liberty in education
https://www.montessoriservices.com/resources/montessori-organizations
https://www.montessori.org/
https://amshq.org/