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Looking Back On A 30-year Teaching Career Full Of Rewards And Prizes, Somehow I Can't Completely Believe That I Spent My Time On Earth Institutionalized; I Can't Believe That Centralized Schooling Is Allowed To Exist At All As A Gigantic Indoctrination And Sorting Machine, Robbing People Of Their Children. Did It Really Happen? Was This My Life? God Help Me.

If You Put Fleas In A Shallow Container They Jump Out. But If You Put A Lid On The Container For Just A Short Time, They Hit The Lid Trying To Escape And Learn Quickly Not To Jump So High. They Give Up Their Quest For Freedom. After The Lid Is Removed, The Fleas Remain Imprisond By Their Own Self Policing. So It Is With Life. Most Of Us Let Our Own Fears Or The Impositions Of Others Imprison Us In A World Of Low Expectations.

I Taught Public School For 26 Years, But I Just Can't Do It Anymore. For Years I Asked The School Board To Let Me Teach A Curriculum That Doesn't Hurt Kids, But They Always Had Other Fish To Fry. If You Hear Of A Job Where I Don't Have To Hurt Kids To Make A Living, Let Me Know. The Truth Is That Schools Don't Really Teach Anything, But Blind Obedience.

The Truth Is That Schools Don't Really Teach Anything Except How To Obey Orders.

I Teach How To Fit Into A World I Don't Want To Live In. I Just Can't Do It Anymore.