Captivity.
By schooling's whip, the animals were tamed And now by freedom's shout are shamed Expectation has become our prison A law of social savagery arisen Without a keeper, this remains our cage Against its hidden bars, in vain we rage In place of the iron bars that rust Far stronger is cruelty of the "just" They, fearing freedom's wide and open space, Do not let go, lest could not keep the pace To prowl the confines of our den Is this the appointed lot of men? There is no place for freedom here Only mistrust, conformity and fear
From 1980, I can see that I didn't altogether trust schooling. I think a bit of John Holt (Why Children Fail) and Ivan Illich (De Schooling society) influenced this quite a bit. And Pedagogy of the Oppressed.
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