Why don’t we tell our children the truth about The System as
soon as they are old enough to understand?
Regrettably, I was not awake enough to tell my young children
about the game that we are all playing, and that their participation is
optional. Fortunately, my kids woke up and after years in the traditional
school system, they each independently saw through the holes in the system, and
they left before they could be rewarded with completion. I’m the proud parent
of three brilliant, and awake, high school drop outs. Luckily, by the time they
had the wisdom to make their own choices, I had the courage to support them.
We are waking up but if we are still raising children in an
antiquated school system, so what? We are just passing along the hypnotic
trance to the next generation. I want to be clear – there are excellent and
well-intentioned teachers, but they too are restricted, and pressured, in many
of the same ways that distress our children.
Systematic Programming
Traditional schools, in the U.S and many other countries, are
training grounds, intentionally constructed to prepare children for The System.
Public and many private schools are designed to program children to be asleep
and stay asleep so that they will later follow along as adults. Our innocent
kids are systematically programmed with worthiness issues, depression and the
abhorrent need to fit in. Once a child is programmed for twelve or more years,
he or she is well primed to move into the “real world” with beliefs and
behaviors that feed and perpetuate a systematic agenda.
Schools are structured, in such a way, that rewards are given
for following along, being good, doing as you are told, memorization and
repetition. Punishment is given for speaking out, thinking for yourself and not
following along. Schools effectively teach students to feel powerless and to
question their worth at every turn – breaking the precious spirits of our
impressionable children.
In many ways, schools use a military template in order to
roll-out obedient citizens; long structured hours, endless homework, tests that
create anxiety, and ceaseless memorization, with little time for recess.
Keeping children sitting at desks all day also disconnects them from their
bodies and the wisdom that is in the body. Many schools even look and feel like
depressing military barracks.
When I was a kid, I would sleep walk as a result of PTSD from
school stress. Years later, I would still have nightmares that I failed a test.
I would wake up sweating – needing to remind myself that school was over. There
is even more school stress these days than when I was a kid.
It is not uncommon for pre-teens to be on Prozac or other
depression/anxiety medication because they are overwhelmed, anxious or
depressed. An eleven
year old should not even know stress! Kids should be free to create
and express – to enjoy life and especially to delight in learning. No wonder
the teenage suicide rate continues to increase.
Medicating Our Young to Stay Asleep?
