Far from creating independent thinkers, schools have always, throughou…

Noam Chomsky
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Far from creating independent thinkers, schools have always, throughout history, played an institutional role in a system of control and coercion. And once you are well educated you have already been socialized in ways that support the power structure, which, in turn, rewards you immensely. ✨ Noam Chomsky (2004). Chomsky on Mis-Education, p.16, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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