[lliamander]

> The core concept that school is passive and life is active is, at best, partially true. Very few people answer to no one and the rest get told what to do, all too often, throughout their lives.

I don't agree with your framing. Yes, people vary on how much autonomy they have in their job, but your life is still yours to live. A big part of being an adult is getting to make choices you didn't have as a kid.

Even if your job is very rote, you can still try to find other jobs, or move to a new place, or whatever.

Many people don't exploit the autonomy they have because they don't have the mindset that they can make choices. Instead they do everything they can let other people make choices for them. I beleithr author is encouraging the mindset of making the most of whatever autonomy you do have.