Hannah ArendtThe aim of totalitarian education has never been to instill convictions but to destroy the capacity to form any.
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The aim of totalitarian education has never been to instill convictions but to destroy the capacity to form any. This quote is somewhat disturbing when it comes to describing the effects of schooling on students. Students are often given simplistic information at the expense of knowledge. It is difficult to believe that anyone would willingly give up their capacity to think in order to become mindless drones.
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