Nobel Committee’s statement, “Children must go to school.” - This statement—embedded in a declaration supposedly honoring the rights of children—unintentionally reveals the Committee’s, and the world’s, lack of respect for childrens rights. Sadly, we see statements like this regularly. Wouldn’t it be nice to live in a world that declared that every child has the right to educational choice? Every child should have the right to refuse the education that the state offers. Millions of children throughout the world are suffering in schools. Some—an increasing number actually—are committing suicide because of what is being done to them in school. But they have no choice. School is compulsory. In many countries, home schooling is illegal. Likewise, in many countries it is illegal for families to enroll their children in schools that operate on different educational principles—principles that truly respect children’s abilities and dignity—from those of the state-run schools Yes, every child should have the right to an education. But every child should also have the right to the kind of education that he or she craves, in which he or she will truly learn, where he or she is happy! The state should not have the right to dictate education. The state should not have that kind of control over families and children. Why do we allow it? Why don’t we rise up and stop it, for the sake of our children? Yes, it’s wonderful to protect children from child labor, but if we then send them off to schools that are constructed as indoor forced workplaces and detention centers, are we doing them, after all, a favor? https://youtube/watch?v=MOqIotJrFVM&feature=player_embedded
Posted on: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 19:11:54 +0000
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