teaching
Teaching is the act of transforming another’s thought into a one-sided microphone performance, sealing participants inside a silent cage. In that ritual where pouring endless information and sermonizing upon questioning becomes the norm, having the leeway to think for oneself is but a luxurious illusion. When the teaching ends, learners briefly taste relief, only to be tormented shortly after by new questions and the meta-question of why they were instructed in the first place. No matter how glorified learning’s role is in human growth, this practice is always cloaked in a mantle called self-satisfaction.