Thus, any rebellion against State education is directed against the loved parents, not against the real aggressor, the State. Teachers function, in effect, as prison warders. Moreover, teachers, like everybody else, participate in the psychology of powerlessness and therefore benefit from the State's sub-leasing of power over the pupils. On the other hand, many teachers also like youngsters and are eager to help them grow up. Whatever the respective strenghts of such contradictory motivations amongst teachers, children are exposed to a lesson in adult hypocris.
Teachers say they want to help, but come on as aggressors.
Although it is the State which gives teachers power over the pupils, the rules of the State also limits the degree of arbitrariness which they can exercise. This it seems to make the State the friend of the pupils. The only way a pupil can fight injustice suffered because of a teacher's arbitrary action is to show that it is against the las of the State. On the other hand, teachers can confirm their power over pupils only ba adhering closely to the rules of the State. Thus, both sides of the conflict submit without hesitation to the State which is the true origin of the conflict in the first place.