School is an institution built on the axiom that learning is the result of teaching. And institutional wisdom … - Ivan Illich

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Every time another review comes out I let out a deep breath.

Ivan Illich

School is an institution built on the axiom that learning is the result of teaching. And institutional wisdom continues to accept this axiom, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

Education, Teaching, School, Continues, Result, Learning

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Neither revolution nor reformation can ultimately change a society, rather you must tell a new powerful tale, one so persuasive that it sweeps away the old myths and becomes the preferred story, one so inclusive that it gathers all the bits of our past and our present into a coherent whole, one that even shines some light into the future so that we can take the next step… If you want to change a society, then you have to tell an alternative story.

Powerful, Past, Light, Change, Whole, Away

We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation.

Hope, Expectations, Difficult Times, Distinction, Rediscover

School prepares for the alienating institutionalization of life by teaching the need to be taught. Once this lesson is learned, people lose their incentive to grow in independence; they no longer find relatedness attractive, and close themselves off to the surprises which life offers when it is not predetermined by institutional definition.

Teaching, School, People, Surprises, Longer, Relatedness

We can only live changes: we cannot think our way to humanity. Every one of us, every group, must become the model of that which we desire to create.

Thinking, Humanity, Desire, Become, Changes

School is the advertising agency which makes you believe that you need the society as it is.

Education, Believe, Learning, Advertising, Society

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