Again and again, we lose the promised flower of budding youth by an educational system that stifles rather than nurtures, that stifles growth rather than inspires.
From a young age, most of us are placed into an education system that many believe is designed more to create obedience to toeing the line than to support individual growth.
We are taught to sit quietly, follow instructions, accept authority, and memorize information, often without being encouraged to think deeply or question what we are learning.
Creativity, intuition, emotional intelligence, life skills, and the search for personal truth are often given much less attention than academic performance.
Many people feel that this is not simply a flaw in the system, but part of a structure that was created to prepare people for specific roles in society rather than to nurture independent thinkers.
A quote often attributed to John D. Rockefeller reflects this idea: ‘I don’t want a nation of thinkers. I want a nation of workers.’
Whether or not this fully represents his views, many see it as symbolic of an educational model that values obedience and productivity over creativity and self-discovery.
Organizations such as the General Education Board, which Rockefeller helped fund, played a major role in shaping modern education.
Critics argue that this contributed to a standardized approach to learning that encourages people to fit into existing systems rather than explore their unique gifts and talents.
At the same time, many believe that modern medicine has gradually moved away from natural approaches to health, including herbal remedies and traditional healing practices.
The Flexner Report significantly changed medical education in North America, leading to a stronger focus on scientific and pharmaceutical-based medicine.
Most people feel that this shift helped advance healthcare, while others believe it contributed to a system that focuses more on managing symptoms than addressing the root causes of illness.
Whatever your perspective may be, it is clear that many people today feel exhausted, overwhelmed, disconnected, and caught in cycles that seem difficult to break.
Often, these patterns are passed from one generation to the next without much questioning.
The good news is that more and more people are beginning to ask deeper questions. They are exploring alternative ways of learning, healing, and living.
They are reconnecting with nature, developing their intuition, and seeking a greater understanding of themselves and the world around them.
Parents are looking for new ways to educate their children, and many people are choosing paths that encourage awareness, authenticity, personal responsibility, and freedom of thought.
Change begins when we start thinking for ourselves, listening to our inner wisdom, and having the courage to explore beyond what we have always been taught.
The more conscious we become, the more empowered we are to create lives that truly align with who we are. LET READERS KNOW WHAT YOU THINK
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Michael Walsh Stories and Books 
Heather has two mommies and participation trophies were just starting when I got out in early 1990s.
Pink Floyd The Wall has always been a favorite and I was third grade when it came out.
Mother said do not see this movie, Pappy took me to see it.
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Part of my Nazi Dreaming is a better health system. I doubt that Hitler would have had injected half the children (as in Australia, grffg!) with poison, jew or not, based on a big fat covid lie (covid spike, any way, covid, injection, or shedding, is still something you don’t want to have). That would be opposed as ‘jewish science’ , which is no science at all (they inverted everything and threw all the rule books out). Case closed. The Battle continues. Hope springs eternal. (and there must be a God).
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The photo shown is that of J.P. Morgan, not J.D. Rockefeller. As to education, it’s good to teach critical thinking skills but also students should be taught how to fit into a system or you will have anarchy. Students should be taught their rights, but also that with rights, comes responsibility. The hippy movement just wanted freedom to do your own thing, but wanted no responsibility to society, look where it got them. The best society is what we had in the west, a lot of freedom, but citizens realized that with freedom came responsibility to respect the freedom of others, obey the law, pay a certain amount of taxes, be willing to join a militia when your land is being invaded and be willing to vote. It all broke down when the government started protecting the rights of groups that violated the laws of nature, started collecting excessive and unjust taxes, and started using the militia to not protect the homeland from foreign invasion, but as an army to project the power of big corporations and alien religious groups.
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Education is overrated and not an automatic path to high-paying work
It has become babysitting with books
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