But most of them won t be lucky. Whether they apparently succeed, or obviously fail, most of them will emerge more damaged than when they went in. The greater part of the world s brain power is unused, paralyzed or distorted. But it s not the fault of schools or teachers. They, together with the potential they are supposed to nurture, are casualties in that monstrous power struggle we call civilization.
School is used as a filter to identify and train the future holders of power.
As for the rest it is obvious that if they used all their minds and talents, they would be even harder to subjugate and exploit than they are at the moment. So school is a place that ensures that such a thing never happens. That was the beginning. You took your whole mind to school and brought it home again, intact. But as time went on, some things you could do began to be much more important than other things you could do.