It always amazes me that the public school systems were initially set up so everyone could read the Bible. And yet today what is the one forbidden Book, in our modern liberal democracies that no one is permitted to read in a public school? Smile, laugh and carry on!
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Yes, indeed. So many schools were set up with religious intentions and often with a desire to raise people out of poverty. I think they were highjacked.
Hijacked to keep people in darkness and poverty.
I think so. I was thinking to say hijacked [ps thanks for telling me how to spell it!] to keep people in poverty and I couldn't quite get there. There's still a part of me that thinks education raises you out of poverty.
Then I think of Sugata Mitra's work and I remember it is a mirage. People can raise themselves!