The Peer Matching Network
A good educational system should have three purposes: it should provide all who want to learn with access to available resources at any time in their lives; empower all who want to share what they know to find those who want to learn it from them; and, finally, furnish all who want to present an issue to the public with the opportunity to make their challenge known.
-Ivan Illich
The above quote was from “Deschooling Society,” written by social critic and educational activist Ivan Illich. I read this book last month, and took away several ideas.
- Education should be universal and open, but not compulsory
- The current system, with its focus on certification before experience, fosters classism and exclusivity. This exclusiveness leads to idea that learning only happens in school. The concept of learning is trapped
