Oh. I had never thought to notice. But that raised another question: Did I want him to mirror? If so, mirror whom? Me? Other kids? Cartoon characters? Isn’t the reflexive impulse to copy what everyone else is doing part of what has landed us in such a mess? Sure, it would make life easier. But is it so bad to have a few kids in the mix who are tuned in to their own inner music?

SEED: Could be an essay angle on the social value of non-conformists, and how education systems might preserve individuality. QUESTION: Is mirroring actually the root of societal messes, or a too-simple causal attribution worth probing?

Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, loc. 714