D.Thoreau: Civil Disobedience

David Thoreau was an American writer and poet. His works are mainly based on nature and philosophy following the transcendentalist school of thought. There is where he is going to be exposed to the world of the empirical thinking and observation thanks to his mentor and friend Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Thoreau was an active abolitionist and in 1846 he refuses to pay the taxes because he advocates against the war in Mexico. He was sent to jail where he wrote an inspiring essay for a lot of historical activists in the twentieth century. It was called the civil disobedience.

I strongly suggest that you read it, but for the time being I will go straight to the point by asking you to reflect upon my favorite quote from this essay:

“Law never made men a whit more just; and, by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made the agents of injustice.”

How could you relate it to the educational field? How are things being improved in the our deficient educational system? do laws actually contribute to society's outgrowth? what criticism  could be made regarding new educational policies and our role as students and prospective teachers ?

If you come up with another idea just shoot!