“Most schooling is training for stupidity and conformity, and that's institutional, but occasionally you get a spark, somebody'll challenge your mind, make you think and so on, and that has a tremendous effect you just reach all sorts of people. Of course if you do it you may very have problems, you have to tread the narrow line. There are plenty of people who don't want students to think, they're afraid of the crisis of democracy. If people start thinking you get all these problems that I quoted before. They won't have enough humility to submit to a civil rule or they'll start trying to press their demands in the political arena and have ideas of their own, instead of beleiving what they're told. And privelage and power typically doesn't want that and so they react and the high school teacher that tries to get students to think may find oppression, firing and so on.”
Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist, known for his contributions to modern linguistics and his critical stance on politics and society.
This quote calls us to critically question the education system and have the courage to fight conformity and mental suppression – because real progress begins with thinking and questioning.
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Noam Chomsky Quotes: The Truth About Schooling, Conformity, and Freedom of Thought
Noam Chomsky reveals how schools often promote conformity and why thinking is the foundation of freedom and democracy.
Noam Chomsky (born 1928) is an emeritus professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and is regarded as one of the most influential intellectuals of our time. He founded Generative Grammar, published numerous works on linguistic theory and political criticism, and is a sharp critic of power structures, media, and U.S. foreign policy.
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