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I absolutely loved your essay on Palladium. SO much to think about in reading it, still processing... but really resonated with this passage:

"The sad result of school’s length and primacy is that it ensures there is nothing in particular for children to do, and since the rigid framework precludes other options, we are sure to destroy their opportunities for making meaningful contributions to the world. The longer we disallow children from having the agency to act on the world, the harder it becomes for them to visualize it in the first place. The result is that we have young adults who have a difficult time adjusting once their life-script changes even a little bit. The path is rigid, yet brittle."

It made me wonder what would be different if we were encouraged from a young age to share our gifts with the world for the sake of contributing instead of for the sake of writing good college applications.

Thank you so much for your work!

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YAY excellent piece, brava.

NO MORE DEADLINES

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