A World Without … Schools

Short & Curly

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Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Philosophy

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

What's the point of school anyway? That's a question lots of you have written to us to ask. Nearly every day of the week for years and years and years, you have to get up, put your uniform on and go to a big building full of other children, just so you can learn stuff. And then once you're in the school building, grownups get to decide when you're allowed to eat your lunch and when you're allowed to play. It's tiring and sometimes boring. So should we just get rid of schools? Brains Trust: Plenty Parklands Primary School in Mill Park, Melbourne: Ibrahim, Kiara, Victoria, Vinugo and Sienna.

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0:00.0	ABC Listen
0:05.0	Day 6. We're still in this hellhole, this prison.
0:12.0	They call it a place of learning. More like a place that needs burning.
0:20.0	It feels like only yesterday. That call, Matt and I were sent on a mission
0:27.0	to observe and report back what goes on inside this terrible institution.
0:36.0	We've had to disguise ourselves to fit in with the sad creatures who spend their days here.
0:43.0	So, how did we get here? And where is here?
0:50.0	Dear reader, it all began on a spaceship and a long journey.
1:02.0	Command control, we are entering birds atmosphere.
1:08.0	To them, we'll just look like anyone else.
1:12.0	Remember, if you need to switch back to your true and drop it a fall,
1:17.0	you just need to tap three times on what humans call your nose.
1:23.0	I can remember that.
1:25.0	Okay team, preparing transformation into human being.
1:33.0	Whoa, this feels strange. Where's my pink fur gone?
1:38.0	And listen to my voice, it's so weird.
1:41.0	Oh, mine's weird too, listen to this. I have a human voice.
1:45.0	Oh, human voice.
1:48.0	A kitchen crew, this is our permanent command.
1:52.0	The great civilization of that drama now wants you to understand
1:57.0	why Earthlings place all their children together in buildings,
2:02.0	just so they can learn things.
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