The Big Train
School was the big train that would take them to their destination: a higher social status. So they were willing to pay in any way they can.
Goenawan Mohamad
June 12, 2023
IVAN Illich may have argued for a school-free community, yet his deschooling argument merely touched on one side of the matter. Don’t believe it? Try reading Perjalanan Anak Bangsa (Journey of the Nation’s Children), a collection of 18 true stories published by LP3ES that chronicles the upbringing and socialization of Indonesian children.
A Batak father once said to his eldest child: “Since the time of your grandmother’s
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