Educational violence and education for peace in Africa

Abstract

Children who are lectured to learn how to lecture; if they are admonished, they learn how to admonish; if scolded, they learn how to scold; if ridiculed, they learn how to ridicule; if humiliated, they learn how to humiliate; if their psyche is killed, they will learn how to kill-the only question is who will be killed: oneself, others or both. (Alice Miller) But good gracious you've got to educate him first. You can't expect a boy to be vicious till he's been to a good school. (Saki-Hugh Hector Munro)