Shirley JacksonNow, I have nothing against the public school system as it is presently organized, once you allow the humor of its basic assumption about how it is possible to teach things to children....
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The idea that children can be taught to think by the public school system is an absolute fantasy. Children can't learn to think. They learn to repeat things that they've been told, and correct things they've been told, and to do things they've been told, and to feel certain ways about things they've been told. The idea that you can teach a child something like math or writing is an illusion.
Source: Life Among The Savages
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