José Baroja: Quotes about school and education

José Baroja is Chilean author and editor. Explore interesting quotes on school.
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“That work pride, that ridiculous work pride has put an end to his illusions, with those few illusions that he still had since at school they promised him a magnificent future just for entering university.”

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School , Future , Universe

“Current school education in the United States is so bad that the only thing they got in 2025 was a bad Trump.”

José Baroja

Source: Radiorama de Occidente. 1480 AM Rock&Pop.

School , Education
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“School is not a daycare center.”

José Baroja

Source: 1480 AM Rock&Pop.

School
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“Today, going to schools is essential, since, just as doctors have a duty to protect life, writers must spread literature, because literature is in itself, along with art in general, the greatest form of freedom we still have.”

José Baroja

Source: https://www.peruinforma.com/entrevista-cultural-al-escritor-chileno-jose-baroja/

Freedom , Literature , School , Art
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“A school that no longer thinks can continue functioning indefinitely.”

José Baroja

Source: Cuando la escuela dejó de pensar. By José Baroja. (2026b, mayo 25). Le Monde Diplomatique. https://www.lemondediplomatique.cl/cuando-la-escuela-dejo-de-pensar-por-jose-baroja.html

School , Thinking
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“School no longer improves itself: it optimizes. It no longer educates: it manages learning. It no longer forms people: it produces measurable results.”

José Baroja

Source: Cuando la escuela dejó de pensar. By José Baroja. (2026b, mayo 25). Le Monde Diplomatique. https://www.lemondediplomatique.cl/cuando-la-escuela-dejo-de-pensar-por-jose-baroja.html

People , Learning , Education , School
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“School remains a contested territory.”

José Baroja

Source: Cuando la escuela dejó de pensar. By José Baroja. (2026b, mayo 25). Le Monde Diplomatique. https://www.lemondediplomatique.cl/cuando-la-escuela-dejo-de-pensar-por-jose-baroja.html

School
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“School began organizing its daily life under the rule of the metric.”

José Baroja

Source: Cuando la escuela dejó de pensar. By José Baroja. (2026b, mayo 25). Le Monde Diplomatique. https://www.lemondediplomatique.cl/cuando-la-escuela-dejo-de-pensar-por-jose-baroja.html

School , Life
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“School modernizes through procedures, metrics, and technologies, while at the same time becoming culturally impoverished.”

José Baroja

Source: Cuando la escuela dejó de pensar. By José Baroja. (2026b, mayo 25). Le Monde Diplomatique. https://www.lemondediplomatique.cl/cuando-la-escuela-dejo-de-pensar-por-jose-baroja.html

School , Time
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“School does not have to function like a business: its purpose is different.”

José Baroja

Source: Cuando la escuela dejó de pensar. By José Baroja. (2026b, mayo 25). Le Monde Diplomatique. https://www.lemondediplomatique.cl/cuando-la-escuela-dejo-de-pensar-por-jose-baroja.html

School , Business
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“The danger is that a moment may come when we forget that school existed to think about what no business can afford to ask.”

José Baroja

Source: Cuando la escuela dejó de pensar. By José Baroja. (2026b, mayo 25). Le Monde Diplomatique. https://www.lemondediplomatique.cl/cuando-la-escuela-dejo-de-pensar-por-jose-baroja.html

School , Thinking , Business , Forgetting
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“The teaching crisis did not begin when resignations increased or when schools started having difficulties hiring professionals; it began much earlier: when society started to change, quietly yet persistently, the way it understood the cultural value of those who educate.”

José Baroja

Source: La sociedad que olvidó a sus profesores. Por José Baroja. (2026, 13 junio). Le Monde Diplomatique. https://www.lemondediplomatique.cl/la-sociedad-que-olvido-a-sus-profesores-por-jose-baroja.html

Education , Change , School , Way