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Shrunk to Fit - 5. Life Lessons

What some children learn one day...

Weary, the boy crests the ridge.

School today!

He looks valleywards. Instead of neat buildings, smouldering roof embers greet him. Torn, flapping pages signal defeat. He pelts downwards, juddering to a halt. A sickly stench pummels his stomach - all too familiar.

Tears flow; his dearest dreams too have died.

An edited version of another tiny tale first posted on my external blog.
Your comments and thoughts are always welcome.
Copyright © 2019 northie; All Rights Reserved.
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I Loved how well this was written.

There are so many factions and governments around the world who want to keep the people ignorant so they can more easily control the population. The easiest way to keep people ignorant is to destroy schools (either literally or with massive funding cuts that effectively end up with the same result). Patriarchal societies have under-educated girls for centuries to prevent change (ie overthrow of male domination; logic and reason over tradition and superstition).

I was an indifferent student. I remember being happy when there was the prospect of a teacher’s strike cancelling school (although my conservative parents would have forced us to cross the picket line in any case). And I went to school when California’s education system was still well-funded and still considered world class – the effects of Proposition 13’s devastating tax cuts had yet to take effect when I graduated.

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