Opt Out of Public School
We’re born full of joy and
wonder.
As babies, we seek
learning as our
highest form of pleasure;
we delight
in everything we take in.
We devour
the world with our senses,
tasting
and touching, inhaling and
poking
and prodding. But before
we know
it, our babies are
school-aged. Enter
public school.
Public school takes our
bright,
creative children and
slowly
encloses them in
ill-fitting molds
‘til their spirits fade.
They are
forced to sit at desks, be
quiet, do as
they’re told regardless of
personal
boundaries, learn as
they’re taught
regardless of abilities or
learning
styles, 8-10 hours a day
for at
least 13 years. They’re
medicated
if they have trouble
sitting still all
day. They’re subjected to
cult-like
behavior and dog-eat-dog
groups,
cutthroat competitiveness,
teachers
who abuse power, peers who
abuse
each other, unrealistic
expectations,
and demented role models.
There’s
no tolerance for
difference, no room
for personal expression.
If we all lived in
community and
connection with one
another and
with ourselves, we could
certainly
come up with a better
solution
than this.
If everyone opted out of
politics,
who would run the country?
Who
would run the world?
We would. Together.
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