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.