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‘is that elite panic comes from powerful people who see all humanity in their own image.’14 Dictators and despots, governors and generals – they all too often resort to brute force to prevent scenarios that exist only in their own heads, on the assumption that the average Joe is ruled by self-interest, just like them.
Communication and confrontation, compassion and resistance.
‘is largely a teachable competency at resisting questionable authority.’
Agora is educating kids for a very different kind of society. The school wants to give them room to become autonomous, creative, engaged citizens. But if Agora doesn’t meet standardised testing criteria, the school won’t pass inspection and can wave its government funding goodbye. This is the mechanism that’s consistently put the brakes on initiatives like Agora.
