I don't want to deny all the beautiful things that can happen at school. I have personally experienced so much of them. However, I believe that schools are not inherently designed to be enjoyable. I will not dive into the history and nitty gritties of when was the first schools founded and to what purpose. But all I know is that from my personal experience, schools teach the rejection of intelligence. John Talyor Gatto put it beautifully, based on his observation, of what school teaches in his book [[Dumbing Us Down]]. I will not repeat -- instead, I will put down the summarized notes if you don't care the read the whole book, which I know no one will. [[The hidden curriculum that school really teaches]] It largely aligns with my experience. However, there are some other aspects he didn't quite mention. These are all true quotes from some of the friends and peers I interviewed. ## A collection of things we learned at school - to procrasinate - to pull up whole night - to rage and genuinely hate some one - to hate the things I do - to lie, to cheat, to deceive -- both myself and others