Though I’ve spent many years as a teacher, I question whether the things I have taught would outweigh the things I have unlearned. Working in the ‘development’ field in some of the poorest regions of Asia, there was always a great enthusiasm for education, and ‘critical thinking’ was an oft-used buzzword that symbolised an uncritical ideology: teach children to think better and a country will develop economically.
Beautifully written! I am a firm Marxist myself!