Derrick Jensen Quote

The process of schooling does not give birth to human beings - as education should but never will so long as it springs from the collective consciousness of our culture - but instead it teaches us to value abstract rewards at the expense of our autonomy, curiosity, interior lives, and time.


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


The process of schooling does not give birth to human beings - as education should but never will so long as it springs from the collective...

The process of schooling does not give birth to human beings - as education should but never will so long as it springs from the collective...

The process of schooling does not give birth to human beings - as education should but never will so long as it springs from the collective...

The process of schooling does not give birth to human beings - as education should but never will so long as it springs from the collective...