288 pages
Polish language
Published Aug. 10, 2021 by Znak.
288 pages
Polish language
Published Aug. 10, 2021 by Znak.
It's hard to imagine a world without school.
And maybe that's what we should do today?
What does school teach us? Apart from the multiplication table, doesn't it instill in us submission, passivity, obedience, competition and forced labor?
We believe that school develops resourcefulness in children, bridges social inequalities and contributes to the progress of the world. This is a myth! It is exactly the opposite! It is she who largely makes people unhappy. It is she who leads social selection, already dividing several-year-olds into better and weaker ones. It is she who makes the world a worse and worse place to live in, and it is also because of her that we most often forget who we are, stop being ourselves.
School is an institution created at a specific time and for the realization of specific goals. Only that this time and goals refer to the 19th century - …
It's hard to imagine a world without school.
And maybe that's what we should do today?
What does school teach us? Apart from the multiplication table, doesn't it instill in us submission, passivity, obedience, competition and forced labor?
We believe that school develops resourcefulness in children, bridges social inequalities and contributes to the progress of the world. This is a myth! It is exactly the opposite! It is she who largely makes people unhappy. It is she who leads social selection, already dividing several-year-olds into better and weaker ones. It is she who makes the world a worse and worse place to live in, and it is also because of her that we most often forget who we are, stop being ourselves.
School is an institution created at a specific time and for the realization of specific goals. Only that this time and goals refer to the 19th century - that's when the education system under which our schools operate was born. Especially today, in the age of distance learning - more than ever before - we need a completely different way of thinking about education and its role in our lives, understanding how schools are destroying people, societies and the world. We also need concrete knowledge to save our children - let's do everything we can to make sure that school doesn't kill creativity, hunger to learn about the world and dreams in them!