Anti Wage-Slavery, Pro-Freedom Quotations Of The Week 1048-1050

I have many times talked to teachers who wanted to teach in alternative schools, or I'd meet some young guy who'd say, "I want to work with kids," so I say, well, what do you know that is so interesting that kids of their own free will will come up to you to learn how to do it. Usually they don't have any answer at all. My reply is, you don't want to work with kids, you want to work on kids, do things to them or make them do things that you think would be good for them.
John Holt

                               Jeff Schmidt, 16 sec


The hidden root of much career dissatisfaction, argues (Jeff) Schmidt, is the professional's lack of control over the political component of his or her creative work. Many professionals set out to make a contribution to society and add meaning to their lives. Yet our system of professional education and employment abusively inculcates an acceptance of politically subordinate roles in which professionals typically do not make a significant difference, undermining the creative potential of individuals, organizations, and even democracy.
Jeff Schmidt,
Disciplined Minds: A Critical Look at Salaried Professionals and the Soul-Battering System That Shapes their Lives

In America, by the time of the Civil War, slaves were the country's most valuable capital asset. In a nation with an annual federal budget of only $50 million, slaves had a market value of $2 billion, or more than twice that of all the country's railroads.

Sam Smith,

FALSE PROFITS

An excerpt from "Why Bother?"