George Orwell (June 25, 1903 - January 21, 1950) on School and Authority

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(1903 - 1950)

English Novelist, Essayist, Journalist, Critic, Supporter of Democratic Socialism, Opponent of Authoritarianism, and Proven Undercover Agent Reporting on the Left to the Police

: An English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and support of democratic socialism. Orwell produced literary criticism, poetry, fiction and polemical journalism. He is known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945) and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949). (From: Wikipedia.org.)


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Quote #8 on Education Struggle Quotes >> School and Authority

“The schoolmaster who imagines that he is loved and trusted by his boys is in fact mimicked and laughed at behind his back. An adult who does not seem dangerous nearly always seems ridiculous.”

Source: "Such, Such Were The Joys," by George Orwell, 1947. First published: Partisan Review. ? GB, London. ? September-October 1952. Part VI.

"Such, Such Were The Joys," by George Orwell, 1947. First published: Partisan Review. ? GB, London. ? September-October 1952.

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