Cele sase lectii

Cele sase lectii - John Gatto
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"The first lesson I teach is: "Stay in the class where you belong." I don't know who decides that my kids belong there but that's not my business. The children are numbered so that if any get away they can be returned to the right class. Over the years the variety of ways children are numbered has increased dramatically, until it is hard to see the human being under the burden of the numbers each carries. Numbering children is a big and very profitable business, though what the business is designed to accomplish is elusive.

In any case, again, that's not my business. My job is to make the kids like it -- being locked in together, I mean -- or at the minimum, endure it. If things go well, the kids can't imagine themselves anywhere else; they envy and fear the better classes and have contempt for the dumber classes. So the class mostly keeps itself in good marching order. That's the real lesson of any rigged competition like school."

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Competitie impusa, implicita.

Societatea abundenta originala
"...insuficienta mijloacelor materiale devine punctul de start explicit, calculabil al tuturor activitatilor economice"

“Motivul pentru care dansatorii nu danseaza acum este ca ei pot oricand sa obtina hrana pe care o doresc. Daca o inchidem, ei nu vor mai putea face asta”

Oamenii nu s-ar juca de-a economia daca nu ar exista lipsa asta fabricata, lipsa accesului direct la lucrurile simple. Si o cultura care sa nici nu isi imagineze - oameni fara acest acces. Apoi, daca vor ei, muncesc pentru mai mult, obtin orice vor. Nu cred ca am vedea insa ce vedem acum in jur.

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