--- title: "11 Ifs Quotes By John Taylor Gatto" description: "11 Ifs quotes by John Taylor Gatto. Plus more from John Taylor Gatto and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab9/john-taylor-gatto-4736_education_nobody-gives-you-an-education-if-you-wan_500851.png" --- > [Nobody gives you an education. If you want one, you have to take it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/nobody-gives-you-an-education-if-you-want-one-you-have-to-take-it/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab9/john-taylor-gatto-4736_education_nobody-gives-you-an-education-if-you-wan_500851.png) > [School is about learning to wait your turn, however long it takes to come, if ever. And how to submit with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/school-is-about-learning-to-wait-your-turn-however-long-it-takes-to/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de8/john-taylor-gatto-4736_education_school-is-about-learning-to-wait-your-tu_778972.png) > [You can make your own son or daughter one of a kind if you have the time and will to do so;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/you-can-make-your-own-son-or-daughter-one-of-a-kind-if-you-have-the/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5aa/john-taylor-gatto-4736_children_you-can-make-your-own-son-or-daughter-on_832545.jpg) > [The old system where every child was locked away and set into nonstop, daily cut throat competition with every other child for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/the-old-system-where-every-child-was-locked-away-and-set-into-nonstop/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eee/john-taylor-gatto-4736_broken_the-old-system-where-every-child-was-loc_2385020.jpg) > [Slowly I began to realize that the bells and the confinement, the crazy sequences, the age-segregation, the lack of privacy, the constant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/slowly-i-began-to-realize-that-the-bells-and-the-confinement-the/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8c/john-taylor-gatto-4736_addiction_slowly-i-began-to-realize-that-the-bells_1876891.jpg) > [By bells and many other similar techniques they (schools) teach that nothing is worth finishing. The gross error of this is progressive:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/by-bells-and-many-other-similar-techniques-they-schools-teach-that/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b17/john-taylor-gatto-4736_bells_by-bells-and-many-other-similar-techniqu_1832213.png) > [Do we really need school? I don't mean education, just forced schooling: six classes a day, five days a week, nine months…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/do-we-really-need-school-i-don-t-mean-education-just-forced-schooling/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/161/john-taylor-gatto-4736_arithmetic_do-we-really-need-school-i-don-t-mean-ed_1599445.png) > [If you live in a material universe where acquiring things is very important to you, then family is an absolute deterrent to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/if-you-live-in-a-material-universe-where-acquiring-things-is-very/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58b/john-taylor-gatto-4736_absolutes_if-you-live-in-a-material-universe-where_10735.png) > [Is there an idea more radical in the history of the human race than turning your children over to total strangers whom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/is-there-an-idea-more-radical-in-the-history-of-the-human-race-than/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/308/john-taylor-gatto-4736_america_is-there-an-idea-more-radical-in-the-his_208652.jpg) > [I taught public school for 26 years, but I just can't do it anymore. For years I asked the school board to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/i-taught-public-school-for-26-years-but-i-just-can-t-do-it-anymore/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed2/john-taylor-gatto-4736_blind_i-taught-public-school-for-26-years-but_454324.jpg) > [If you put fleas in a shallow container they jump out. But if you put a lid on the container for just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/if-you-put-fleas-in-a-shallow-container-they-jump-out-but-if-you-put/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b5/john-taylor-gatto-4736_containers_if-you-put-fleas-in-a-shallow-container_1085785.png) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by John Taylor Gatto > [If you live in a material universe where acquiring things is very important to you, then family is an absolute deterrent to maintaining that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/if-you-live-in-a-material-universe-where-acquiring-things-is-very/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) > [We could encourage the best qualities of youthfulness - curiosity, adventure, resilience, the capacity for surprising insight simply by being more flexible about time,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/we-could-encourage-the-best-qualities-of-youthfulness-curiosity/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) > [There isn't a right way to become educated; there are as many ways as there are fingerprints.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/there-isn-t-a-right-way-to-become-educated-there-are-as-many-ways-as/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) > [The truth is that schools don't really teach anything except how to obey orders. This is a great mystery to me because thousands of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/the-truth-is-that-schools-don-t-really-teach-anything-except-how-to/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) > [“Any economy in which the most common tasks are the shuffling of paper, the punching of buttons, and the running of mouths isn’t an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/any-economy-in-which-the-most-common-tasks-are-the-shuffling-of-paper/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) > [This was once a land where every sane person knew how to build a shelter, grow food, and entertain one another. Now we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/this-was-once-a-land-where-every-sane-person-knew-how-to-build-a/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) > [Self-knowledge is the only basis of true knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/self-knowledge-is-the-only-basis-of-true-knowledge/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) > [Schools were designed by Horace Mann and Barnard Sears and Harper of the University of Chicago and Thorndyke of Columbia Teachers College and some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/schools-were-designed-by-horace-mann-and-barnard-sears-and-harper-of/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) > [You need experience, adventure, and explorations more than you need algebra!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/you-need-experience-adventure-and-explorations-more-than-you-need/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) > [A lot of the strings that hold us like puppets are really inventions of our own minds. I'm not saying that there aren't armies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/a-lot-of-the-strings-that-hold-us-like-puppets-are-really-inventions/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) > [Is there an idea more radical in the history of the human race than turning your children over to total strangers whom you know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/is-there-an-idea-more-radical-in-the-history-of-the-human-race-than/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/school-is-a-twelve-year-jail-sentence-where-bad-habits-are-the-only/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) > [“Pick up a fifth-grade math or rhetoric textbook from 1850 and you’ll see that the texts were pitched then on what would today be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/pick-up-a-fifth-grade-math-or-rhetoric-textbook-from-1850-and-you-ll/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) > [I feel ashamed that so many of us cannot imagine a better way to do things than locking children up all day in cells…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/i-feel-ashamed-that-so-many-of-us-cannot-imagine-a-better-way-to-do/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) > [The shocking possibility that dumb people don't exist in sufficient numbers to warrant the millions of careers devoted to tending them will seem incredible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/the-shocking-possibility-that-dumb-people-don-t-exist-in-sufficient/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/john-taylor-gatto/#itemlist", "name": "11 Ifs Quotes By John Taylor Gatto", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Nobody gives you an education. 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Could there be a more radical idea than that? Back in Colonial days in America, if you proposed that kind of idea, they'd burn you at the stake, you mad person! It's a mad idea!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Taylor Gatto" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/is-there-an-idea-more-radical-in-the-history-of-the-human-race-than/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/308/john-taylor-gatto-4736_america_is-there-an-idea-more-radical-in-the-his_208652.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/308/john-taylor-gatto-4736_america_is-there-an-idea-more-radical-in-the-his_208652.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/308/john-taylor-gatto-4736_america_is-there-an-idea-more-radical-in-the-his_208652.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Is there an idea more radical in the history of the human race than turning your children over to total…” — John Taylor Gatto", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I taught public school for 26 years, but I just can't do it anymore. For years I asked the school board to let me teach a curriculum that doesn't hurt kids, but they always had other fish to fry. If you hear of a job where I don't have to hurt kids to make a living, let me know. The truth is that schools don't really teach anything, but blind obedience.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Taylor Gatto" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/i-taught-public-school-for-26-years-but-i-just-can-t-do-it-anymore/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed2/john-taylor-gatto-4736_blind_i-taught-public-school-for-26-years-but_454324.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed2/john-taylor-gatto-4736_blind_i-taught-public-school-for-26-years-but_454324.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed2/john-taylor-gatto-4736_blind_i-taught-public-school-for-26-years-but_454324.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I taught public school for 26 years, but I just can't do it anymore. 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