Critique of American Education System

Schools train people to be ignorant with style.

They give you the equipment that you need to be a

functional ignoramus.

American schools do not equip you to deal with things

like logic. They don't give you the criteria by which to

judge between good and bad in any medium or format.

And they prepare you to be a usable victim

for a military-industrial complex that needs manpower.

As long as you're just smart enough to do a job

and just dumb enough to swallow what they feed you,

you're going to be all right.

But if you go beyond that, you're going to have

these grave doubts that give you stomach problems, headaches,

make you want to go out and do something else.

So I believe that schools mechanically and very specifically try and breed out

any hint of creative thought in the kids that are coming up.

So what's the alternative for the parent who would agree with you?

Well, remember that the school isn't the only place

that a child gets educated.

If you realize that the schools are doing damage,

and I believe this, I believe that schools do a lot of damage to kids,

then you should do what you can at home

to help give them something to counteract what's happening to them at school.

You mean encourage creativity?

Encourage them to read things other than what the school gives them.

Let them feel that you as a parent want them to be smart,

not just to be successful,

not just to be a nice little person,

that you want them to develop their thinking apparatus.