%0 Journal Article %T Weapons of Mass Distortion: A Narrative %A Jonathan PITT %J Journal of Unschooling and Alternative Learning %D 2011 %I Nipissing University %X In this personal narrative I contend that the traditional conventions of schooling can distort and mislead us in mainstream schools and universities. The long-term consequences of these practices have paved the way for the corporate curriculum's privatization agenda for what Illich (1971) hailed as the 'hidden curriculum' of our consumer-based society. %U http://www.nipissingu.ca/jual/NewIssue/v5192.pdf