School reform is not enough. The notion of schooling itself must be challenged. John Taylor Gatto challengenotionreform Change image and share on social
School is a twelve-year jail sentence where bad habits are the only curriculum truly learned. I teach school and win awards doing it. I should know. John Taylor Gatto awardbadcurriculum Change image and share on social
For reasons that are both fair and foul - but mostly for fair reasons - we have come under the domain of a scientific-management system whose ambitions are endless. They want to manage every second of our lives, every expenditure that we make. And the schools are the training ground to create a population that's easy to manage. John Taylor Gatto ambitioncreatedomain share on social
In a home school, the kid does 95% of the work. But in a school system, since it's an indoctrination system, a teacher has to do 95% of the work. John Taylor Gatto homeindoctrinationkid Change image and share on social
Grades don't measure anything other than your relevant obedience to a manager. John Taylor Gatto grademanagermeasure Change image and share on social