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> When you grow up you tend to get told that the world is the way it is and your life is just to live your life inside the world. I feel sorry for the kids bei
by hrktb 6y ago
> When you grow up you tend to get told that the world is the way it is and your life is just to live your life inside the world.
I feel sorry for the kids being told that.
I imagine a number of kids effectively told to not make waves, not rock the boat, learn their place and do what they're being told. Though in my experience that's a minority, and a ton of schools and parents tell their kid they can change the world is they work hard enough for it.
On the other side most kids tend to give up too easily or stay within their limits if they are not pushed or encouraged to push their boundaries.
That quote is an important message, I wish fewer and fewer people will need it in the first place.
- ryanwaggoner 6y agoI think kids are told one thing and taught another. Schools may tell kids to rock the boat and that they can change the world, but it’s pretty clear you can only do it within their boundaries. And honestly, that’s not a bad thing. I don’t think you can have schools or other cultural institutions that really train and encourage the kind of change that Steve is referencing here. Almost by definition, radical change requires being anti-establishment in a way that no lasting institution can really foment.