March 23, 2003
Quote of the day
...after a few years of this, I learned to question their authority. When I finally asked why I should bother to show up, I was told that if I didn't attend my mother would be put in jail, I would be put into foster care, and I'd be in reform school anyway. This did wonders for my motivation to cooperate, instilling a passive-aggressive capability and instinctive resistance to arbitrary rules. It also completely removed the velvet glove of "education" that cloaks their gauntlets of iron and lead.
At 12, I passed the highschool graduation tests. Again I asked why I should bother to continue to attend, and was told that I would not be allowed to get my diploma or GED until after "my" class graduated. Until then, the same laws applied. Another veil of illusion lifted, I was in prison for no other reason than that I was young.
Curt Howland
"Incarcarated for the Crime of Being Young"
