“I put a spell on you, because you’re mine... “ “School groups people according to age. This grouping rests on three unquestioned premises. Children belong in school. Children learn in school. Children can be taught only in school. I think these unexamined premises deserve serious questioning. We have grown accustomed to children. We have decided that they should go to school, do as they are told, and have neither income nor families of their own. We expect them to know their place and behave like children. We remember, wether nostalgically or bitterly, a time when we were children, too. We are expected to tolerate the childish behavior of children. Mankind, for us, is a species both afflicted and blessed with the task of caring for children. We forget, however, that our present concept of ‘childhood’ developed only recently in Western Europe and more recently still in the Americans.” Ivan Illich, ‘Deschooling Society’ #inktober2018 #inktoberday4 #spell #decolonisingschool #breezeyoko #azania #mayibuye #izwelethu #iputaspellonyou #inkdrawing #illustration #african https://www.instagram.com/p/BojL5PnjDpt/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1d5w51sptckr0