At the core of the problem is an obsolete factory model of schooling that sorts, tracks, tests, and rejects or certifies working-class children as if they were products on an assembly line. The purpose of education, I said, cannot be only to increase the earning power of the individual or to supply workers for the ever-changing slots of the corporate machine. Children need to be given a sense of the 'unique capacity of human beings to shape and create reality in accordance with conscious purposes and plans. Grace Lee Boggs
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In our society, children must be prepared to take a certain test at a certain age or they will not be allowed to go to school. In this way, we are separating children from their parents and putting them in a society where they have no choice. The standards of the test are high so that those who do well can get into better colleges and those who don’t will have nothing. In the above quote, Paulo Freire is calling out the idea that education must prepare children for a life of work. This is a very outdated idea as it is not the purpose of education to prepare children for life as adults.

Source: The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism For The Twentyfirst Century

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