If We Wish To Stop The Atrocities,

We Must Learn How To Think Like The Planet.

The Stories We Are Told Shape The Way We See The World, Which Shapes The Way We Experience The World.

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.

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.

From The Beginning, This Culture - Civilization - Has Been A Culture Of Occupation.