The term 'education' came into being in the 1600's when an alchemist, Comenius, coined the phrase to describe 12 levels of instruction to bring about enlightenment.
This was used as the basis for preparing children to serve progress in an industrial society. Childhood became a new age in man's lifespan, marked by a sacred presinct, the school, and professional teachers, the priests of the new learning. The reality of life and society was left at the doors of a professionaly-run institution who controlled the curriculum. Children have been trapped in an enclave of state-biased opinion eversince.
Now they are groomed to become citizens of a commodity-dependent economy and the most important resource of the state. They imbibe the teaching of endless consumption both of knowledge and of other produced goods.
In contrast, true learning will give tools to the young to enable them to carve out an independent and meaningful life without jeopardising the free lifestyle of others.
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