The plain fact is that education is itself a form of propaganda - a deliberate scheme to outfit the pupil, not with the capacity to weigh ideas, but with a simple appetite for gulping ideas ready-made. The aim is to make 'good' citizens, which is to say, docile and uninquisitive citizens. H.l. Mencken
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This quote is one of the most offensive quotes ever spoken. It is about how schools are used to brainwash people so that they will accept whatever is being told to them. People are taught in school to blindly accept what they are being shown in school, no matter if it is true or not. Schools have become a place where people are being taught to blindly trust everything that they are being told.

If someone does not believe something that is being said in school, then it must be because they are stupid or ignorant. The truth is, schools are one of the most significant organizations in our society today. They are used to educate the youth of our country, giving us the tools to be productive members of society and citizens of the world.

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