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Thread #62838 Message #1017229
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
11-Sep-03 - 07:29 PM
Thread Name: BS: Is Academic authority a lie?
Subject: RE: BS: Is Academic authority a lie?
I think the way to understand those lines from The Wall Greg F quoted is with a couple of extra hyphens:
We don't need no-education We don't need no-thought control. No dark sarcasm in the classroom! Hey! Teacher! Leave those kids alone....
The song is not attacking education - it's attacking the way in which the school system often betrays its principles, and stifles rather than liberates. Gradgrindery.