Originally Posted by
Louis the fly
At 5 years of age you do not have a say or opinion on where your education, or lack of it begins.
Being born into a catholic area of Liverpool my first teachers at infant school were nuns. They were not the wonderful caring women shown in movies, some of them should have been in prison or mental institutions. Religion was beaten into us with a ruler across the back of your head or a cane. Give me the boy and I will give you the man.
The church was all powerful and could do no wrong, a complaint against the church was met with disbelief from all sides, so there were no complaints made.
Why I say today's young people have it harder than our generation is because the world of work has changed completely, machines do the work once done by humans. Robots build cars, drive forklifts in giant warehouses, move and stack containers on the quayside.
This is why education is more important than ever, children must learn the skills for today's and tomorrow's world.