“the kids who can’t adapt to school’s tedium are diagnosed with ADHD and are put on powerful psychoactive drugs, which have the immediate effect of reducing their spontaneity so they can attend to the teacher and complete the senseless busywork.… — Peter O. Gray Copy Share Image
“The belief that young people are incapable of making reasonable decisions is a cornerstone of our system of compulsory, closely monitored education.” — Peter O. Gray Copy Share Image
“In this day and age, nobody can learn more than a sliver of all there is to know. Why force everyone to learn the… — Peter O. Gray Copy Share Image
“the kids who can’t adapt to school’s tedium are diagnosed with ADHD and are put on powerful psychoactive drugs, which have the immediate effect… — Peter O. Gray Copy Share Image
“People naturally want to make sense of their world. That, to Greenberg, is the essence of human curiosity. As they strive to answer questions… — Peter O. Gray Copy Share Image
“Perhaps kids today play on the computer as much as they do partly because that is one place where they can play freely, without… — Peter O. Gray Copy Share Image