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Ivan Illich

Schools are designed on the assumption that there is a secret to everything in life; that the quality of life depends upon knowing that secret; that secrets can only be known in orderly successions; and that only teachers can properly reveal these secrets. An individual with a schooled mind conceives of the world as a pyramid of classified packages accessible only to those who carry the proper tags.

Depends, Knowing, Properly, Reveal, School, Teacher
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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.

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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.

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

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