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Ivan Illich Quotes: 6

  • At the moment of death I hope to be surprised.

  • We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation.

  • School is the advertising agency which makes you believe that you need the society as it is.

  • Most learning is not the result of instruction. It is rather the result of unhampered participation in a meaningful setting. Most people learn best by being "with it,"yet school makes them identify their personal, cognitive growth with elaborate planning and manipulation.

    Deschooling Society

  • School has become the world religion of a modernized proletariat, and makes futile promises of salvation to the poor of the technological age.

    Deschooling Society

  • Les enfants sont par définition des apprentis, et apprendre est l'activité humaine qui nécessite le moins de manipulation par autrui. La majeure partie de l'apprentissage n'est pas le resultat de l'instruction. Elle serait plutôt le résultat d'une participation dans un environnement chargé de sens.