For Ivan Illich, school is the most effective instrument for preparing children for an alienated life under pressure of performance and consumption. Not least for this reason, he considers the familiar institution of "school" to be one of the primary causes of the spread of social inequalities. However, Illich does not stop at this provocative assertion, which was first published in Germany in 1972 and sparked a wave of outrage and ongoing discussion. The goal of a good education system should rather be to "grant access to available opportunities to all who want to learn, at any point in their lives; it should empower all who wish to share their knowledge with others to find those who want to learn from them; it should create opportunities for all who want to present a problem to the public to make their case." The abolition.