Direct response to “children should be seen and not heard.” I know a ton of people who got sent away to “Excelsior” which was the school for “the bad kids”, but when not being trained to be a drone and ridiculed for not understanding chemistry or basic math, they were the kindest people. Loyal to a fault. Genuinely creative and above all, hopeful.

But what else are kids supposed to fee when they don’t fit in? Angry is a word that fits, imo.

So, instead of telling them to shut up and comply, let’s realize kids are not made to be formed. They are under our care and we keep fucking them up because “it is what it is” as the article states.

I think his statement at the end is really poignant. Feed that anger at the system by doing something about it. And that starts at home. And in our communities at schools.