I've since come to understand the reason school lasts thirteen years. It takes that long to sufficiently break a child's will. It is not easy to disconnect children's wills, to disconnect them from their own experiences of the world in preparation for the lives of painful employment they will have to endure.


A Language Older Than Words (ed. Chelsea Green Publishing, 2004) - ISBN: 9781603581820

Derrick Jensen Quotes

I've since come to understand the reason school lasts thirteen years. It takes that long to sufficiently break a child's will. It is not easy to...

I've since come to understand the reason school lasts thirteen years. It takes that long to sufficiently break a child's will. It is not easy to...

I've since come to understand the reason school lasts thirteen years. It takes that long to sufficiently break a child's will. It is not easy to...

I've since come to understand the reason school lasts thirteen years. It takes that long to sufficiently break a child's will. It is not easy to...