Children are subject peoples. School for them is a kind of jail. Do they not, to some extent, escape and frustrate the relentless, insatiable pressure of their elders by withdrawing the most intelligent and creative parts of their minds from the scene?
-John Holt, from How Children Fail
OOOooooo so true! The only way imprisoned freedom seekers can really rebel is to withdraw their most prized parts of themselves – their thoughts, feelings and their creative imagination.