--- title: "13 Teach Quotes By John Taylor Gatto" description: "13 Teach quotes by John Taylor Gatto. Plus more from John Taylor Gatto and more Teach sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/142/john-taylor-gatto-4736_education_schools-teach-exactly-what-they-are-inte_657531.png" --- > [Schools teach exactly what they are intended to teach and they do it well: how to be a good Egyptian and remain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/schools-teach-exactly-what-they-are-intended-to-teach-and-they-do-it/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/142/john-taylor-gatto-4736_education_schools-teach-exactly-what-they-are-inte_657531.png) > [The truth is that schools don't really teach anything except how to obey orders.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/the-truth-is-that-schools-don-t-really-teach-anything-except-how-to-2/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66c/john-taylor-gatto-4736_education_the-truth-is-that-schools-don-t-really-t_874458.png) > [I teach how to fit into a world I don't want to live in. I just can't do it anymore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/i-teach-how-to-fit-into-a-world-i-don-t-want-to-live-in-i-just-can-t/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/584/john-taylor-gatto-4736_anymore_i-teach-how-to-fit-into-a-world-i-don-t_1108518.png) > [School is a twelve-year jail sentence where bad habits are the only curriculum truly learned. I teach school and win awards doing…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f9/john-taylor-gatto-4736_awards_school-is-a-twelve-year-jail-sentence-wh_271073.png) > [Teaching is a function, not a profession. Anything with something to offer can teach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/teaching-is-a-function-not-a-profession-anything-with-something-to/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/191/john-taylor-gatto-4736_career_teaching-is-a-function-not-a-profession_1689875.png) > [One of the first things a family tries to teach its children is the difference between good and evil, right and wrong.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/one-of-the-first-things-a-family-tries-to-teach-its-children-is-the/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a39/john-taylor-gatto-4736_children_one-of-the-first-things-a-family-tries-t_1077452.png) > [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) > [The truth is that schools don't really teach anything except how to obey orders. This is a great mystery to me because…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed5/john-taylor-gatto-4736_abstract_the-truth-is-that-schools-don-t-really-t_85285.png) > [Children do not learn in school; they are babysat. It takes maybe 50 hours to teach reading, writing, and arithmetic. After that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/children-do-not-learn-in-school-they-are-babysat-it-takes-maybe-50/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa1/john-taylor-gatto-4736_arithmetic_children-do-not-learn-in-school-they-are_1050267.png) > [It only takes about 50 contact hours to transmit basic literacy and math skills well enough that kids can be self-teachers from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/it-only-takes-about-50-contact-hours-to-transmit-basic-literacy-and/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e6/john-taylor-gatto-4736_behinds_it-only-takes-about-50-contact-hours-to_1583667.png) > [Is it any wonder that Socrates was outraged at the accusation he took money to teach? Even then, philosophers saw clearly the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/is-it-any-wonder-that-socrates-was-outraged-at-the-accusation-he-took/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1b/john-taylor-gatto-4736_accusation_is-it-any-wonder-that-socrates-was-outra_2461958.png) > [I’ve noticed a fascinating phenomenon in my twenty-five years of teaching - that schools and schooling are increasingly irrelevant to the great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/i-ve-noticed-a-fascinating-phenomenon-in-my-twenty-five-years-of/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd0/john-taylor-gatto-4736_believe_i-ve-noticed-a-fascinating-phenomenon-in_1449265.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) ## Other authors on Teach ## 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/teach/john-taylor-gatto/#itemlist", "name": "13 Teach Quotes By John Taylor Gatto", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Schools teach exactly what they are intended to teach and they do it well: how to be a good Egyptian and remain in your place in the pyramid.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Taylor Gatto" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/schools-teach-exactly-what-they-are-intended-to-teach-and-they-do-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/142/john-taylor-gatto-4736_education_schools-teach-exactly-what-they-are-inte_657531.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/142/john-taylor-gatto-4736_education_schools-teach-exactly-what-they-are-inte_657531.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/142/john-taylor-gatto-4736_education_schools-teach-exactly-what-they-are-inte_657531.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Schools teach exactly what they are intended to teach and they do it well: how to be a good Egyptian and…” — John Taylor Gatto", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The truth is that schools don't really teach anything except how to obey orders.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Taylor Gatto" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/the-truth-is-that-schools-don-t-really-teach-anything-except-how-to-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66c/john-taylor-gatto-4736_education_the-truth-is-that-schools-don-t-really-t_874458.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66c/john-taylor-gatto-4736_education_the-truth-is-that-schools-don-t-really-t_874458.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66c/john-taylor-gatto-4736_education_the-truth-is-that-schools-don-t-really-t_874458.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The truth is that schools don't really teach anything except how to obey orders.” — John Taylor Gatto", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I teach how to fit into a world I don't want to live in. 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