The girl between the booksheleveshas quoted3 years ago
Our boredom is a vital tool. It is telling us what is slowly killing us – and reminding us that time is short.
The girl between the booksheleveshas quoted3 years ago
First and foremost, a school worldview inspires a belief that those in authority know what they are doing and that one’s task is to obey.
The girl between the booksheleveshas quoted3 years ago
simultaneously never to believe too blindly or too passively in the long-term validity of everything we’re asked to study
The girl between the booksheleveshas quoted3 years ago
They teach us to deliver on, rather than change, expectations
The girl between the booksheleveshas quoted3 years ago
They have a set number of topics they want to talk us through, and must – to a greater or lesser extent – distract us from wandering too far away from their own ideas.
The girl between the booksheleveshas quoted3 years ago
the determining ingredients of fulfilled adult lives
The girl between the booksheleveshas quoted3 years ago
Some of what we have to suffer is unavoidable
The girl between the booksheleveshas quoted3 years ago
the power to wreck an adult’s life.
The girl between the booksheleveshas quoted3 years ago
the history of our own anger or despair
The girl between the booksheleveshas quoted3 years ago
Every young person is compelled once again to discover, in midnight sobs, what is already theoretically very well known about ending relationships, finding a career or dealing with damaged but well-meaning parents