Too Much Homework ?

I just read " Too Much Homework " ( Time, Jan.25 ). The

    mindless drudgery of school " work " was at the very top of

    the list of things the 60s kids rebelled against. I remember

    agreeing with British philosopher Bertrand Russell who thought

    that most schools were designed to crush the human spirit and

    destroy the ability and the will to think independently - to

    be CREATIVE . He said that school destroys CURIOSITY in all

    but the most gifted and above all reinforces social hierarchy

    values.

        School mass produces the stultified , repressed personality

    in the interest of the capitalist social order.

            Above all what our society still needs is millions

    of breeding  drudges conditioned to DELAYED SATISFACTION .

         Happiness postponed ...FOREVER !

         No wonder we reward with lifelong job security teachers

    with the deadly " gift " of breathing boredom on every

    subject .

             I still cherish the GREAT REBELLION of 1960s .