BreadTube (Solarpunk)

The video essay focuses on deconstructing modern day schooling under capitalism. Today's schools are structured to teach obedience through hierarchy with the teacher having the authoritative power in the classroom setting.

He argues for a schooling process that focuses on teaching well rounded individuals instead of standardized testing that aims to turn out complacent workers or even soldiers. Teaching how to garden, cook and to work as a community while also offering compromises to ensure people have access to language, math and science education. He also stresses teaching critical thinking skills meant to challenge the current powers that choose to oppress such places of radical learning.

A lot of what he talks about is from an anarchist perspective and offers some past examples of alternative education systems that have been put into practice. There's no definite solution or quick fix to our current education system but there are better ways to create well rounded individuals free from hierarchy's demands, it's just a whole lot different than from what we were forced to learn from such a young age.

I know I would have preferred to learn to garden, tend for the land and form a closer connection to my local community instead of learning a coloniser's history and the skills to be a scared and obedient worker.