Where there is authority, there cannot be true education. Because authority implies obedience, passive oppression, distinctions among people, and hierarchies. Hierarchies mean that people are not respected. Without equality, without human rights, people cease to be human; they become mere tools, enslaved. In this way, education loses its fundamental purpose of being centered on humanity. Check if your principal is aloof, if teachers are aloof, and even if student council members wield their power like a feather as a command, leaving children only with fear and anxiety.