Volume 13, Number 6 · October 9, 1969
Commencement at the University of Puerto Rico
By Ivan Illich
This is a time of crisis in the institution of the school, a crisis which may mark the end of the 'age of schooling' in the Western world. I speak of the 'age of schooling' in the sense in which we are accustomed to speak of the 'feudal age' or of the 'Christian era.' The 'age of schooling' began about two hundred years ago. Gradually the idea grew that schooling was a necessary means of becoming a useful member of society. It is the task of this generation to bury that myth.
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