Childhood is not merely basic training for utilitarian adulthood. It s…

Jonathan Kozol
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Childhood is not merely basic training for utilitarian adulthood. It should have some claims upon our mercy, not for its future value to the economic interests of competitive societies but for its present value as a perishable piece of life itself. ✨ Jonathan Kozol (2005). The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America, p.95, Broadway Books
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