l sequences of educational events, specialists counselors and diagnosticians who can advice pupils about the best path for them to follow, and so on. How can such a developed body of expertise be discounted? Hasn't schooling brought about great changes in the overall level of schooling? Hasn't schooling brought about a more democratic form of society, with everyone able to be educated to the limit of his or her ability?
             I don't think Illich wants to return to a pre-industrialized form of schooling (although some may disagree). What he does is point out some alleged disadvantages of formal schooling and to suggest a (possibly utopian) scheme for education in post- industrial societies in the future. The alleged disadvantages of schooling are of two main kinds: 1) schools are inefficient organizations in terms of encouraging genuine education, and 2) schools are purveyors of undesirable values aimed at
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