Friday, 7 September 2012   I come across marvelous quotes mostly
by other authors, poets and homeschool parents but today I want
to write my own:  "It is up to the unoppressed to teach the
oppressed how to reach for their freedom"   This is what I'm
thinking about a lot lately and I'm not only talking about
educational systems either. We all know them, we see or hear of
them every day - people who are living under appalling
circumstances that we can only guess at and more often than not
we feel powerless to help them. What do I mean by oppression or
oppressive; in the Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary it
translates to "prolonged harsh or cruel treatment or control."
To me, it exists anywhere there is not love.  I'm talking about
educational systems that crucify the child that dares to step
outside the parameters of "normal" by humiliating, harassing and
generally bullying the child which lowers and damages the
child's sense of self esteem and worth.  Corrupt governments and
law systems that care nothing fo