A School for Life!

A School for Life!

What should children learn?

1978 · 33 min · Documentary

A satirical presentation of the public school debate, exhibiting three different teaching methods. First, the authoritarian education system of old; Second, a more modern form, combining theory and practice; and finally, the teacher's nightmare, where children are taught only the necessities for modern life: sales techniques, status symbols, and how to (quite literally) elbow your way to the top.

Directed by Kirsten Bjørnkjær · Written by Kirsten Bjørnkjær

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Bodil Udsen Narrator (voice)

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