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047: The Incubator
School Sucks: Higher Education For Self-Liberation
English - June 22, 2010 15:03 - 44 minutes - 30.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 331 ratingsSelf-Improvement Education homeschooling unschooling school alternatives self-directed learning critical thinking media literacy indoctrination Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
(Kids Are Not Defective Part 5)
Topic:
in·cu·ba·tor (noun)
1.An apparatus in which environmental conditions, such as temperature and humidity, can be controlled, providing suitable conditions for a chemical or biological reaction.
2. A place or situation that permits or encourages the formation and development of new ideas
Forced Associations
Adolescence is plagued by an artificial, society-created extension of childhood dependence. This is time where people can certainly begin to achieve greater self-knowledge and emotionally maturity, unless they're trapped in place that prevents it. There is no escape from the negativity; school is compulsory
The Hypocrisy of Adults
What's even worse: in this place, some pretty abhorrent behavior is modeled for kids on a daily basis. This behavior violates all three of the kindergarten rules: don't hurt others, don't steal, tell the truth
The same people benefiting from this behavior are the ones tasked with making children "good"
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