Schooling Is Raw Poison

A human being is susceptible to anything.

So long as enough of those in his field-of-view are doing it.

 

Humans are not social creatures.

They are egoic ones.

 

This ego craves acceptance.

This acceptance creates sheep-like behavior.

 

Evidence for this can be seen in every element of societal existence.

 

School is a sacred element of society.

It is a concept that has been successfully implanted into the psyche of the societal man.

Like religion, morality, and all manner of concepts devoid of Truth.

 

Take morality, for instance.

The man who needs a “principle or rule” to follow in order to stop himself from stealing, harming, and killing

Is a dangerous man.

 

He who has peace in his heart

Needs no principles of “morality.”

He could not steal, harm, or kill under any circumstances.

To do simply is not within him.

Principle or no principle.

 

School has been a fixture in the mind of the societal man

For reasons he cannot truly explain.

For the societal man questions nothing.

For the Truth has little value,

As compared to “fitting-in.”

 

Some Truths about School:

 

What does “succeeding in school” buy a person?

Does it buy him success in the real world?

One need only examine this for himself.

 

A plethora of “well-qualified” individuals who are Job-less.

A plethora of “well-educated” individuals who are struggling to financially survive.

 

The employer who hires someone based upon school-qualifications knows nothing about business, money, or success.

As such, the one who works for such a person is virtually guaranteed to be unsuccessful.

Many of those who become successful in the world did have schooling. But their success was the result of that which they discovered on the pavement rather than the blackboard.

They succeeded despite school, not because of it.

 

Take the field of medicine.

Does “medical school” make one a competent physician?

 

If one were to take highly-accomplished physicians who have been in practice for many years, and have them sit for a medical school examination, most of them would fail.

This is simply a fact.

Why?

Because the questions and topics on that medical examination have nothing whatsoever to do with the practice of medicine.

It is quite fascinating to discover, that these examinations are not created to make one a competent physician.

They are made to created to make someone a competent “student!”

 

In order to practice medicine, the government mandates that a degree be procured.

The school provides the degree to be a physician. But it does not “prepare” him to be one.

For that is not its mandate, no matter what it publicly may say.

Schools are not in the business of creating Competent practitioners.

Schools are in the business of creating competent Students!

 

Take the topic of examinations.

Who does well on examinations?

What is interesting is who does poorly.

 

The ones who do poorly on examinations are not the ones who know the least about the topic.

They are typically the ones who know the Most!

For the one who knows the Most, there are many possibilities.

For the one who knows the Least, there is only One.

 

The ones who do poorly on examinations are the ones who Understand the topic.

The ones who do the best on examinations are the ones who Memorize the topic.

 

The ones who do best on examinations are those who have the clever skill of “exam-taking.”

This is neither good or bad.

There is nothing “wrong” with a person doing well on exam because he has the talent for “test-taking.” After all, he is only doing what he is being asked to do.

However, this has nothing whatsoever to do with being practically competent at the trade for which one is being tested.

 

Following schooling, there are certifications, continuing education requirements, and re-certifications and so on.

These are all required to keep one’s license.

And each comes with a hefty fee.

In the end, it is nothing more than a financial scheme.

No different than pickpockets in a crowded street.

 

It is All . . . a scam.

 

Another topic that has infected the psyche of societal humans is socialization.

Parents attempt to keep their children away from harmful influences, harmful habits, and harmful people.

Every responsible parent seeks to do this.

 

Where in a person’s entire life does he first experience harmful influences, harmful habits, and harmful people?

School!

 

Each morning, parents take their children into the very environment that will breed most of their future dysfunctions as human beings.

 

Bullying, social media addiction, smartphone addiction, gossip, social cliques, unhealthy food, foul language, and so on . . .

Humans believe that the best place for children to be is around other similarly-aged children.

The Truth is, the immaturity and impressionable nature of children makes socialization with similarly-aged children the worst possible place to be.

Nothing beneficial comes from 12-year-olds being around other 12-year-olds.

Or 18-year-olds being around other 18-year-olds.

Nothing but the potential for physical harm, psychological damage, and substance abuse.

 

Certainly, an environment can be created for a child to play with another child. If done Privately and Independently from an institutionalized system.

A parent who knows another parent very well, may arrange for their children to play together.

But institutions doing such a thing is a recipe for disaster.

 

Those who are brainwashed by the concept of school (which is the overwhelming majority of humans) will often argue that being around bullies and other harmful experiences in school prepare one for bullies in adult life.

One would be hard-pressed to find a victim of bullying who benefitted in any way from this bullying.

In most cases, the pains of bullying wear-off on their own, or the person is scarred for life. When he encounters a bully as an adult, it is in a far different context than that which he faced as a child. It is not a benefit, or a preparation. It is either of limited affect, or it is scarring.

 

One of the central reasons that parents send children to school is one that they do not wish to think about.

The issue of Convenience.

The working-parent must have a place for the child to go while he is at work.

School promises a “safe” place, and one in which the child will be educated. This appears to be a god-send for any logical parent.

As it turns out, neither is true.

 

There are some Truths about schooling that one may not wish to hear.

This can, in fact, be said about most Truths.

 

When a parent sends his child to school, he is sending an inexperienced soldier to war.

The child will be molded, shaped, and stamped into a thing which Nature did not intend for him to be.

 

When a parent sends his child to school,

The child is changed forever.

 

When a parent sends his child to school,

The innocent and pure child that he helped to bring into this world, is gone forever.

 

There are indeed ways to Educate a Child.

There are indeed ways to Preserve a child’s Innocence and Purity.

There are indeed ways to help a child fulfill the talent and potential that Nature imbued him with.

There are indeed ways . . .

But they have nothing to do with school.

 

Perhaps these will become topics of Direct Truth Podcasts.

Perhaps not.

 

Namaste.