Social engineering.  Compartmentalized thinking.  Black and white, white and wrong.  BS PC speech control.  Repression in order to create a sense of equality.

Emphasis on molding children into proper citizens rather than empower them to be real, create their own molds and break them, think for themselves, and do real things that actively contribute to society.

Social pressure to rebel against learning rather than the system.

 

In my experience, these things underlie much of our mainstream public education system.  While there are good teachers everywhere, but there are also several teachers who just want to plug through their routines unquestioned.  And a heavy paperwork system that reduces their time to prepare and evolve: which bogs down their creative sensibilites and passion.  I definitely feel for them.  And I seek something better: something we create ourselves, free from the direct oppression and machinery of the system::

 

a learning lifestyle that promotes and nurtures natural curiosity and learning in everyday extraordinary life:

 

Holistic education means the whole body, mind, senses and spirit are engaged and empowered to learn for themselves with vigor.  There is no separation between "school" and "not school", "play" and "work".  Every aspect of nature and intelligence are integrated as much as possible to probe the endless depth of reality