I love this. I think sometimes the lack of autonomy at least in primary school is hidden behind the colourful walls, the games at PE time, and the school lunches. My children went to school in eight different schools in South America and Africa and there the lack of autonomy was much more explicit - there were no frills to hide it and there was still corporal punishment. It opened my eyes to the infantilisation of children and the purpose of colonial education to produce armies, not citizens.
I love this. I think sometimes the lack of autonomy at least in primary school is hidden behind the colourful walls, the games at PE time, and the school lunches. My children went to school in eight different schools in South America and Africa and there the lack of autonomy was much more explicit - there were no frills to hide it and there was still corporal punishment. It opened my eyes to the infantilisation of children and the purpose of colonial education to produce armies, not citizens.