Perceived options:

1. Trust that things as they are is as they should be — we have no choice to change things.

2. Maybe some external circumstance or person will come in and force change us from the outside.

Reality:

It is possible that no change will ever be instituted upon us. It is possible that the earth will never quake and burn and destroy a third of all life upon it. It is possible that no foreign army will ever invade our nation and institute a martial law of terror as punishment for the immorality of its people. 

The purpose of childhood education is not college

The purpose of childhood education is not to prepare a child for college.

Why? Because the purpose of college is what? To land a good job somewhere. To make money.

If A is for B and B is for C, then the purpose of a primary education is to make money.

Give me a break.

The only thing that matters to a sane human being (and all children are sane) is meaning.

And the correlative:

Having no plan doesn't negate a thing's value.

Grasping at straws of meaning.

Having a plan does not legitimize what you are doing.

Nothing practical

Another thing:

I am a little skittish about not having a set goal for a child's perusal of mathematics.

I can get over that.

"Rights" are not the same as Freedom

See title.

Children's books that need to be written

Children's books that need to be written:

Who Gets to Choose? — The realities of free speech, free press, and a free country

If You're Whining You're Losing

Nothing is Fair — Really.

Choosing What You REALLY Want — You know you want this, but is what you're doing really getting it for you?

If You Don't Know What The Kings Know, You Can Only Be Their Slave — Pick up a book and read. There are no new methods of slavery. They've all been tried before, and they only work on those who don't understand them.

Everything Comes from Somewhere — Milk does not come from a grocery store, nor smiles from Walmart.

Nothing is Free — If it exists, it cost somebody's life.

Where Does it Go? — On trash, dreams, poop, and peoples.

Why Do People Use Drugs? — The reality.