I have for a long time been aware of our schooling systems being a form of manipulation and control that grips our children as early as it can under the pretext of education and preparation for adulthood. The gifts we think we bestow upon our children is a mass lie and something most of us are not even aware of and those that are, feel unable to do anything about it. This article stands as no more than my own thoughts and views; I am not a scholar but I was once a child and have raised a child which means I have been through the education system twice, three times if I count that I actually put myself back into it as an adult.

The summer before school begins for the first time is one of excitement: uniforms and their attachments, new friends, packed lunch or the uncharted world of canteens and conversations of painting and playing with sand, of learning to read, sport, days out; endless lists of twaddle consume us all.  Adults… Continue reading