A crumbling public school building under a stormy sky, its American flag torn and half-lit by flickering fluorescent lights. In the foreground, rows of empty desks stretch into darkness, papers fluttering like fallen leaves. Through a shattered window, warm sunlight spills onto a dirt path leading toward a distant, glowing academy on a hill — Arcane Elemental Academy — surrounded by auroras and symbols of freedom. The contrast between the decaying gray school and the radiant, open world beyond symbolizes liberation from indoctrination into independent thought.

7 times public school forced a blue pill down my throat

ByTC Marti

You don’t need public school for a sound education. Its teachers will force-feed State propaganda down your throat, and that’s its true purpose.

And we wonder why people deteriorate into drones that believe government-issued units of debt are real money, and that taxes must fund certain services. Not only that, most won’t even bother to listen if you propose alternative solutions.

Ditto for social safety nets: Wealth redistribution and government programs like food stamps, welfare checks, unemployment, and social security “benefits” are musts, they say. And they don’t even consider alternative methods.

The reason? Public schools blue-pilled them into a one-track mind. Check out seven issues they blue-pilled me into until I figured out otherwise.

1 – Flag worship

Putting a hand over my heart and reciting a passage that a socialist wrote? They taught me that in freaking preschool. I later learned that, if you refused to partake in this ritual, teachers would snap at you.

Some will claim the teacher was correct, but isn’t pledging allegiance to a piece of cloth another form of idol worship? I have yet to hear a valid argument from primarily conservatives.

2 – Liberty

Public school teachers propagated how America was the freest and best country in the world. The only problem with that? Had I not shown up for school or if my parents refused to pay their property taxes to support said school, it wouldn’t have ended well for any of us once the State caught on. That’s not how a free country operates.

3 – Capitalism

You’d walk away from history class thinking that the Industrial Revolution was, at best, a double-edged sword. Those “capitalists” forced kids into mines, so how could anyone with a healthy brain think that laissez-faire was a modern marvel?

Well, it brought the world out of abject poverty, as Ludwig von Mises showed. Those kids chose to work in mines for low pay with dangerous working conditions and long hours.

It was never exploitation; either take a risk and at least have food to eat, or keep living at a subsistence level with a chance you wouldn’t have something to eat. But public school teachers will barely admit that.

4 – College

“Go to college or you’ll end up working at McDonald’s” is a paraphrased slogan from when I was in the sixth grade. I heard similar from seventh grade until I graduated in 2009. Fast-forward to today, and both my highest-paying job and my side hustles never required a four-year, or even a two-year, degree.

5 – Preparing for life

I’m still trying to figure out how I fell for this one for so long. Neither language arts, math, science, or history prepared me for an iota of my life today. What would have?

Personal finance courses on how to start and operate a business, how to take care of vehicles, how to run a household, make appointments, and maybe even grow my own food. Sitting in a classroom for six to eight hours a day fed me information my brain never bothered to retain.

6 – Its true purpose

I would have respected my public school teachers more if they came out and spoke the truth: That it was never about “education,” but churning out obedient, compliant citizens who would never question the system.

And by “the system,” I don’t mean red vs. blue, conservatism vs. progressivism, or left vs. right. I mean the very existence and necessity of federal, state, and local agencies. They claimed society would crumble without them.

As for the private sector? They never admitted it could provide such services through market-based competition.

7 – Education

Most public school teachers insist that you need to sit in a classroom for six to eight hours a day, recite and repeat what they tell you, don’t question their authority, and adhere to the school’s strict rules if you want to make the most of your “education.”

Looking back at it, it was never education, but 14 years of indoctrination. Tack on four years of college, and that’s 18 years in the system.

And we’re left wondering why so many people can repeat the State’s propaganda without even considering the fact there are second, third, and even fourth arguments to an issue, if not more while they can’t even tighten a lug nut?

Those teachers can blame themselves, and so can the public school system. That’s the world we inherited, but in my stories, I reimagine what happens when someone escapes it.

Yote Diamondback got lucky

The Arcane Prophecy by TC MartiThe main character in my young adult fantasy, Yote Diamondback, never attended public school. She did go to a private school that followed the same method, and while she played the game well, Yote hadn’t seen anything until she attended Arcane Elemental Academy beginning with her freshman year of high school.

Arcane isn’t like other schools, though. It’s an umbrella institution housing 32 schools that relentlessly put forth their best product and service as they compete to recruit and retain students. If any of those schools underdeliver, they’ll fold, and when they overdeliver, they thrive.

Luckily for Yote, she landed in one of the best schools, Scorpii. But here’s what she didn’t realize: There’s a reason Mom and Dad sent her to Arcane. While she finds solace there, she also uncovers some dark, disturbing secrets.

But before she attends Arcane, Yote is stuck in her sister’s shadow, and she has a thirst to prove herself. Read about her struggle in the first three chapters of Book I, The Arcane Prophecy, and brace yourself to join Yote on her journey to Arcane as she discovers some hidden truths. Both good and bad.

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