Schools: Who Ever Said They Were On Our Side?

by Raul G (age 13; San Diego)

Why did schools react to the immigration marches with threats and punishment? Isn't immigration and politics an important subject for study? Isn't taking an interest in our country valuable to our education and grounds for an O in Conduct? If schools were really about education, they would be honoring us. Instead they threaten those of us who are doing our best to get an education.

Why do schools teach us what to think rather than encouraging us to think. We are fed books and useless information that won't serve anyone past twelfth grade. When we check the facts, the books turn out to be less accurate than South Park. How many history books teach us that John Brown was a brilliant and sane leader who changed the world and set the stage for the freeing of the slaves? This would have been a lesson in the success of anarchy and action. How many books teach us about Columbus's abuse of executive power by falsely stating that he was the one who first sighted land instead of correctly crediting one of the lower ranking ship members? This would have been a lesson in executive misconduct and misappropriation. Education is about keeping everyone stuck in follower status.

Martin Luther King, Jr., didn't get where he got by sitting back and following. He didn't follow orders. He didn't play it safe. Neither did Fidel Castro. Castro is a hero to the people of Cuba. He takes care of his people and keeps them safe. People live longer there. Children are healthier there. No one dies when the hurricanes hit. Schools teach the mob's version of Cuban history. The criminal mobs were good. The books teach that the Cuban people were bad and should have been happy with the mob running things and taking all their money. Castro led the Cubans to freedom. The people who write American schoolbooks think that that was a really terrible thing.

When we walk out of school and march, we should be proud that we have courage to lead and not to follow. We don't sit back and let teachers fill our head with nonsense. We need to take the learning outside the classroom. Let's make the teachers sit in the schools and learn nothing. We need freedom. We deserve freedom.

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