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At School

My 10yo son just saw this image for the first time. This was our conversation:

Him: What is he cranking?

Me: ...

Him: Are those books?

Me: ... [opens larger image]

Him: Why are they wearing headphones?

Me: What is the title?

Him: At School...ooOOOhhh! I wish I could go to school like that.

Me: sigh

Dehumanization starts early in the banking model of education.

See Freire, P. (2018). Pedagogy of the Oppressed: 50th Anniversary Edition. Bloomsbury Academic.