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In reply to the discussion: (Will Smith's son) Jaden Smith: 'School is the tool to brainwash the youth' [View all]kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)Jaden is fortunate to be able to grow up wealthy, travel the world, and have the exposure that he has. But many children will be able to be exposed to the inside of their disheveled homes were it not for venturing to school. TV and movies are just as brainwashing as any other form of repetitive exposure. And in many cases the harm done by those forms of entertainment do their harm by setting before children the notion that the only thing that counts is wealth and the accumulation of things and the mutilation of fellow human beings...a false picture of real life. I do believe that travel and exposure to other places and people and the focus on teaching children critical thinking skills are important but when you are not in a life situation that provides for that kind of exposure school is where one child can get a little of it. Once again we have the elite making the rest of us feel bad because we are not them.