What does Coates mean when he says, “I was a curious boy, but the schools were not concerned with curiosity. They were concerned with compliance.” (26)?

s8408048 — 2024-03-18 17:17:22 UTC

What Coates means when he said that, was that the school system is setting up the black body to be compliant in a world structured to go against them. Preparing them to live a life of being under control.

Find another quote that describes the “schools”. How does he perceive the schools?

s8408048 — 2024-03-18 17:42:53 UTC

“I sensed the schools were hiding something, drugging us with false morality so that we would not see, so that we did not ask: Why for us and only us is the other side of free will and free spirits an assault upon our bodies?”. Coates views the schools as a gateway for the assault upon the black body and a wall blocking them from the opportunity of free will.

Between The World And Me Discussion Questions - School by Rosie Paw

What does Coates mean when he says, “I was a curious boy, but the schools were not concerned with curiosity. They were concerned with compliance.” (26)?

Find another quote that describes the “schools”. How does he perceive the schools?