Wednesday, June 18, 2008

H.L. Mencken on Public Schooling



"The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe level, to breed a standard citizenry, to put down dissent and originality. School days, I believe, are the unhappiest in the whole span of human existence. They are full of dull, unintelligible tasks, new and unpleasant ordinances, and brutal violations of common sense and common decency."

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This is why my daughter is enrolled at a private school!
Annie