Short essay by me.

Public schools teach socialism then slowly transition us to capitalism as we get older. In kindergarten, we were taught that if you don't have enough for everyone you can't eat. We're taught everyone gets something. That everyone gets the same amount. Sharing is caring.

How does all that change in the span of 12 years? The alphabet didn't change. How to count didn't change, so why did how to care for each other change?

In high school, it's impressed upon us kids that it's normal to see other people have less than you or even nothing. At lunch, kids who had no money in their account got the sandwich and that's it. Or sometimes they'd get completely turned away. At that point it doesn't matter that they're a kid and who's a part of the class, a part of the school, a kid who's hungry. Money is the motivator. In kindergarten, kids who didn't bring snacks to share still got to eat everyone else's snacks. That didn't last long.

I struggle to understand why they taught us to share when we live in a country that is so opposed to sharing. Why did they say everyone gets some, if not everyone gets something? It just seems like a pointless lesson.

Could it be because they felt bad corrupting kids from a young age? I don't know. All I know is that lesson did not hold true in the way that 2+2 did.