We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation.
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Ivan Illich Quote
“School divides life into two segments, which are increasingly of comparable length. As much as anything else, schooling implies custodial care for persons who are declared undesirable elsewhere by the simple fact that a school has been built to serve them.”
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