Start at the beginning

What flights of fancy is Terence about to indulge in under this title that borders on a tautology?

So much bullshit has been said about pedagogy. According to one age-old cliché, for instance, it is the art of repetition. The implication is that the human animal is so dull, so limited—especially in the early years of its existence, when it has no commercial value yet, except to pedocriminals (but that's another story...)—that it is best to drum the same things into its head for years in the educational barracks of misery, to make sure it emerges sufficiently conditioned to fit docilely into the human herd known as society.

And the word pedagogy gets thrown around in every conceivable context, including by those power-hungry, intrigue-loving individuals we call politicians—men and women alike.

Yet, etymologically speaking, the pedagogue was the slave in ancient Greece whose job was to escort children to school. Today, children are handed over at a very early age to these semi-emancipated slaves, more or less adequately paid, known as teachers. They have completed their studies, fulfilled academic requirements, and earned diplomas that grant them legitimacy—and even authority—in their particular discipline. How reassuring all of that sounds !

And yet the educational apparatus in France (and no doubt in many other countries), which costs "an insane amount of money" is finding it increasingly difficult to fulfill its mission. This website has discussed the issue at length (if only in light of the dismal performance of France's so-called National Education system in the PISA assessments).

Well then.

So what happens right at the very beginning? Yes, that famous beginning marked by the primal cry. At that stage, scarcely has the umbilical cord been cut than the newborn (in France...) is subjected to the first injections. We will not dwell on this "special" moment (!) so as not to further inflame the pro-vaccine and criminal psychosis of the "Covid worshippers." The very short video that follows is worth watching... 

NB: This video was visible for months, but the worldwide exposure of the Covid and vax scam must have given YouTube a bad case of hives. Térence is very upset about it.

Thus, entering life in "sweet France" comes at the price of these injections—the first marks of the state's hold over the child. (It should be noted that the imposition of this "vaccination schedule" is above all a feature of France, and that freedom of choice regarding vaccination does indeed exist in other countries.) 

Then we're not going to retrace the path of the child who, for lack of being born with a silver spoon in his mouth, finds himself being shuffled from crèche to nursery school, from elementary school to high school — the first compulsory steps in the educational barracks of misfortune.

So let us return to the purpose of this website and to what has prompted Terence to take up his pen again—or rather, his keyboard. The daily observation drawn from the site's statistics is telling: interest has remained steady, with 8,484 visits since the site went online at the beginning of February 2026 (as of the publication of this article on June 27, 2026), several dozen visits each day, with the usual ups and downs. Yet so far, no one has responded to this appeal.

And then there was the recent remark from a young teacher, though it sounded all too familiar:
"How could anyone possibly revolutionize education through a website or an association ?"

First of all, there is no question here of revolutionizing anything, least of all education. Anyone who has explored the pages of this website will see that it is, above all, an assessment based on years of experience within the French National Education system, along with the conclusions that Terence has drawn from it, as people like to say, "in the twilight of his life." (What a lovely cliché!)

That said, the average person who has no children and isn't particularly concerned about what is generally called "the future of humanity" (yet another catch-all cliché, but an unavoidable one nonetheless) can very easily skip this topic and go on with their own little life — whether comfortable or precarious, boring or exciting, depending on the individual.

Otherwise, what might "start at the beginning" actually mean? One observation imposes itself, and it is universal: this world is sinking into chaos that, day after day, seems to deepen the irreparable. The scandals and horrors affecting children have gone beyond all measure. 

So let us return to the opening sentence of this site : sparing children, from the earliest age, those absurd and perverse conditionings that distort their humanity. And the eternal question : How?

The answer : the magic word — education. And out comes the whole arsenal…

The fact is that the vast majority of children are trapped in the well-known formatting systems. Most parents can do nothing about it and are often completely powerless.

Can we reasonably help them, and how ? The idea that a child in France who has spent five years in "elementary school" arrives in "middle school" barely able to read, write, or count is hardly reassuring for parents.

Who will help them? And do they even want help?

Suppose that while browsing the web one day they come across Holistic Educ and, under the "Educational Tools" section, find pedagogical avenues written in language accessible to their child, their teenager, and to themselves? Paths that debunk institutional formatting and open perspectives of autonomy and self-learning — that could be potentially "revolutionary"! Small, discreet individual revolutions.

Yet, as expected, the site arouses only mild curiosity and almost no initiative. Hardly surprising: the times favor passive and cautious waiting, with fear of "the authorities" always lurking beneath the surface, almost paralyzing. It should be noted that Térence's goal is not to create buzz on social media. He is, in fact, deliberately absent from them. He sees this site somewhat like a message in a bottle, cast into the ocean of the web — a bottle that one or more conscious and courageous individuals might one day pick up on the deadly shores of a West in accelerated collapse, or in other, less threatened parts of the world…

He is now working on the English version, which should reach a wider audience. And if he receives help, other versions in the major languages of humanity could one day be put online.

At the threshold of old age, can he still dream that a collective of action might emerge? Whatever happens, he will have done his part, while the silent critics of the existing mess continue their reassuring existential slumber and perhaps occasionally come to Holistic Educ to recharge, curious to discover what new flights of fancy the old teacher has come up with.

As one might expect (or be completely indifferent to), writing and designing this site required an enormous amount of work. Térence had to improvise as a webmaster, among other things, at an age when many seniors resist letting information technology encroach on their daily lives. There is therefore no need to say more today…

Later, we may return to the notion of "pedagogical tool." This is not the domain of specialists. There are, in any case, a myriad of them in nature. We'll talk about it again…

So should we continue cultivating our own sense of powerlessness, vaguely hoping that, through the genius of some innovative political agenda (!), or the arrival of a messianic educator who will redeem us all, "things will eventually work themselves out"? Or should we retreat once again into the familiar writings of our favorite philosophers or gurus—those readings that so gently soothe the soul when it despairs of reality? Or, as the saying goes, should we simply "roll up our sleeves and get to work"?

Begin with the child, alongside the child, for the child...

Begin with the beginnings.

If we still wish to glimpse even the faintest ray of hope on the horizon of any human life...

Even if only our own.*

*  and even if one's credit is already largely exhausted, which is the case for Térence who, having resolved to live without hope, also lives serenely without despair…