There isn't a right way to become educated; there are as many ways as there are fingerprints.
John Taylor GattoIt was never factually true that young people learn to read or do arithmetic primarily by being taught these things. These things are learned, but not really taught at all. Over-teaching interferes with learning, although the few who survive it may well come to imagine it was by an act of teaching.
John Taylor GattoAnyone who is more interested in human beings than in the rules is a threat to the system.
John Taylor GattoSchools stifle family originality by appropriating the critical time needed for any sound idea of family to develop - then they blame the family for its failure to be a family.
John Taylor Gatto