I mention this to show how children and youths long for real applications of what they learn at school in abstract, and how stupid are the educators who are unable to see what a powerful aid they could find in concrete applications for helping their pupils to grasp the real sense of the things they learn.
Kropotkin criticizes the educational system for failing to connect abstract learning with practical applications.
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