There is, on the whole, nothing on earth intended for innocent people so horrible as a school. To begin with, it is a prison. But in some respects more cruel than a prison. In a prison, for instance, you are not forced to read books written by the warders and the governor. .In the prison you are not forced to sit listening to turnkeys discoursing without charm or interest on subjects that they don't understand and don't care about, and therefore incapable of making you understand or care about. In a prison they may torture your body; but they do not torture your brains. George Bernard Shaw
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Many people in today's society like to compare their children to prison inmates. They make fun of their children because they are in school. I would go so far as to say that the worst prison is our public schools. The teachers force you to listen to turnkeys discoursing without charm or interest on subjects that they don't understand and don't care about.

For example, if you ask them what their favorite color is, they will answer, "I don't know." If you ask them what their favorite food is"they will say, "I don't know." If you ask them what their favorite hobby is, they will say, "I don't know." They do not describe things to the students in a way that they can understand. They do not teach anything to the students in a way that they can learn. They do not care about the students at all.

They just punish you, punish your parents, punish your pets, punish your neighbors! And then when the students feel frustrated enough with school to want to drop out, they punish them even more by telling them that if they drop out of high school it will be worse for them than if they stayed! So many people worry about their children's future because of school, but I believe there are other ways for children to get an education other than staying in school.

Source: Misalliance

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