The War on Kids: A Film Screening & Discussion by The Real School AKA Dragon Valley

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Join The Real School AKA Dragon Valley for a screening of the 2009 documentary film:

The War on Kids

Followed by a discussion on un-schooling and non-hierarchical learning environments!

Sunday, March 14th, 2pm
@ Sedition Books (901 Richmond Ave.)

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Blame for problems with schooling in America is often assigned to insufficient funding or the inherent failings of today's kids. In rare cases, parents, teachers, and administrators are also implicated. However, all efforts to improve the quality of education are doomed to fail if the system itself is not examined and understood to be the most significant impediment. After over six years in the making, THE WAR ON KIDS reveals that the problems with public education ultimately stem from the institution itself. Astonishingly all efforts at reform consistently avoid even considering this to be a possibility and the future for children and American democracy are at stake.

In 95 minutes, THE WAR ON KIDS exposes the many ways the public school system has failed children and our future by robbing students of all freedoms due largely to irrational fears. Children are subjected to endure prison-like security, arbitrary punishments, and pharmacological abuse through the forced prescription of dangerous drugs. Even with these measures, schools not only fail to educate students, but the drive to teach has become secondary to the need to control children.

THE WAR ON KIDS shows how schools are authoritarian institutions that by their nature cannot be reformed. Children are subjected to the most invasive forms of control and are deprived of the most basic and fundamental human rights that are afforded even to prisoners of war. The net effect is chilling not just for the kids who are subjected to these extreme forms of control, but also for American society's future as a generation grows up with no first hand experience or understanding of civil rights in a democracy.

Watch the trailer here

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Children and young adults of all ages are encouraged to attend! This event is free, donations appreciated.