Public Schools Must Be Abolished

Santorum And Harvard Anarchist Agree: Public Schools Must Be Abolished:

To appreciate how people could be so willfully blind as to permit such a ubiquitous malevolent presence as slavery, one needs only to look at American public schools. The analogy between public schooling and slavery is presented solely to demonstrate that both are socially destructive institutions that are sustained by the belief that oppression, when it is even acknowledged, is necessary and beneficial ..

Learned helplessness is a vital feature and takes place very early when children discover that they will never be permitted to follow their passions. This is axiomatic due to the inexorably rigid curriculum, structure, and design that must accompany processing large numbers of students. Every aspect of student life is controlled, including their surroundings, what they can do, how they can act, and what and how they may think. Public school students are under constant surveillance. Hallways and classrooms are monitored. Permission must be obtained to talk, leave the classroom, and even to use the bathroom. Lockers, backpacks, and persons are routinely searched. In many schools, police patrol the building and grounds. 95% of those police carry firearms. Break times are generally shorter than what prisoners of war are required to receive under the terms of the Third Geneva Convention. In fact, public schools consistently violate Articles 17, 18, 22, 25, 26, 38, 51, 52, 53, and 99, which govern discipline, labor demands, personal effects, general health and well being, diet, and exposure to humiliation. It is remarkable that parents voluntarily subject their children to conditions that would be considered war crimes if their children were enemy combatants.

The general philosophy of public schools is that civil rights are at odds with learning. Fear, humiliation, and degradation are routinely seen as indispensable educational tools. Because schooling numerous children at the same time requires submission and conformity, social efficiency must always dictate and be the final arbiter in all decisions involving public school administration.

Consequently, obedience to authority emerges as the most important lesson that any student will learn ..

The insistence that alternatives to public schooling must be presented in any discussion that attacks public schooling is a diversionary tactic that need not be entertained. Abolition of slavery was not postponed until there was a clear vision for how to integrate millions of former slaves into society ..