The truth about schools
Hey there!
As an unschooling parent, I’ve gotten used to the look. You know the one—raised eyebrows, polite nods that quickly turn into uncomfortable silence, or the occasional not-so-subtle jab:
“Aren’t you worried they’ll fall behind?”
“But what about socialization?”
“How will they function in the real world?”
What’s interesting is that these questions often come from people who never stopped to ask why our current education system looks the way it does—or who it was built for. The truth is, most people don’t realize that our schools weren’t designed to foster independent thought or creativity. They were designed to produce obedient workers. And the origin of that system is far darker—and more calculated—than most want to believe.
🏢 The Rockefeller Blueprint: Schools for Workers, Not Thinkers
Let’s talk about John D. Rockefeller.
In 1903, the oil magnate and one of the wealthiest men in history funded the General Education Board. The mission? Not to raise free thinkers, artists, or inventors—but to produce a compliant, standardized workforce. He’s been quoted as saying:
“I don’t want a nation of thinkers. I want a nation of workers.”
That one sentence says more about modern education than any government policy memo. The school system was shaped around industrial needs—bells, schedules, standardized testing—all designed to mimic factory life. Obedience, repetition, memorization. No room for questioning, autonomy, or purpose.
As a parent, I can’t un-know that. It seems more like participating in a machine than nurturing a life.
💊 From the Classroom to the Clinic: The Pharmaceutical Pipeline
But it doesn’t stop there.
Rockefeller didn’t just influence education. He also reshaped modern medicine, funding medical schools that moved away from natural healing toward pharmaceutical-based treatment. Holistic, herbal, and energy-based healing was pushed aside to make room for drugs, prescriptions, and repeat customers.
So here’s how the system works:
Schools create workers trained to obey, not question.
Jobs demand productivity, often at the cost of physical and mental health.
People burn out, get sick, and turn to a system designed to medicate symptoms, not heal the root.
And the same people who shaped the system? Profit from it—over and over.
This is not conspiracy—it’s history. But most people would rather ridicule homeschoolers and unschoolers than question the institutions they were raised in.
🧠 Unschooling Isn’t Neglect—It’s Reclaiming Freedom
When I say we unschool, it doesn’t mean my children aren’t learning. It means they’re learning differently—with curiosity, not coercion. With questions, not quiet compliance. We explore science through the garden, math through baking, history through storytelling. They’re not memorizing for a test—they’re living their education.
And no, it doesn’t look like a classroom. But that’s the point.
💬 To the Skeptics
To those who question my choices: I get it. You went to school. You followed the rules. You got the grades. Maybe it worked for you.
But just because the system is familiar doesn't mean it’s right.
Just because it’s normal doesn't mean it's natural.
And just because it’s widespread doesn’t mean it’s working.
If we can’t question a system built over 100 years ago by oil barons and pharma moguls, then maybe we’re not as free as we think we are.
🌱 The New Paradigm: Raising Thinkers, Not Workers
Unschooling is not rebellion for the sake of rebellion. It’s a conscious decision to step outside a system that was never meant to empower our children. It’s a commitment to nurture their natural curiosity, protect their mental health, and prepare them not to fit into the world—but to shape it.
If that makes people uncomfortable, so be it.
Because the truth is uncomfortable.
But it’s also liberating.
