Op-Education
Posted on Jul 24, 2010 - 07:35 PM by Zuleka Irvin
I recently went through a book I picked up in the Children’s room at the Central Library. This story, “The Apple and the Arrow,” by Mary and Conrad Buff, has a plot with many parallels to the state and nature of schooling. It even represents the struggle against traditional schooling. As I read the book I noted my analysis. This book is not a novel “of comparable merit” to books on the “Advanced Placement” book list, but it managed to highlight many things that I am currently contemplating.
“PROLOGUE
Many many years past,
Over six hundred years ago
In the year twelve hundred and ninety,
Thirty-three men gathered on a mountain meadow
Gathered together at midnight.
Peaceful men,
Herders of cattle,
Hunters of chamois,
Skilled with the crossbow.
From different cantons they came,
Some...
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