/1. I don't want to go to school, Every kid says at least once in their life. Adults never listen. Designers of education never listens from their customers. Instead, they say, But education is an important phase of life that one simply has to go through. That's the deafult. And then I understand, Education is never designed as a product or service at all, from which you get what you need. It is a forced obligation. *** /2. They never asked for my consent. In fact they never asked for any one's consent. Children are too small to be asked for consent, they say. So, before we were able to figure out what was going on, we were sent to schools and were told that's where every child goes. In the beginning, they have candies and stickers waiting for us at the gate. But gradually, there are no more candies and stickers. By then it's all too late. We already forgot how to follow our hearts to cry. Crying is immature, they say. Mature kids understand their obligation. That's how my education began. *** /3. Sure, you don't have to come, they say. But unforutnately you won't get a diploma. And unfortuntately you will have a hard time getting into a good university. And unfortuantley you will have a hard time looking for a job. And unforunately you will live a miserable life. Well, that is just unfortunately how things are, they say. It's your choice, they shrug. *** > "Children are born into a conspiracy between the state, educational institutions, and parents." > -- Yefu Zhao