“I wonder how many of them know that the word they use for public learning doesn’t mean what they think it means. This word ‘education’, which is bandied about by Republicans as if it is a gift you have to earn? You might want to do some research on this word. It doesn’t mean enlightened unblinding, endowment with knowledge, or even the administration of learning methods. It means pruning. To prepare a child for slavery in the public forums. The word actually has more in common with the term ‘amputation’ than it does ‘learning’. Did you know that?”

— an a i