--- title: "12 Way Quotes By John Taylor Gatto" description: "12 Way quotes by John Taylor Gatto. Plus more from John Taylor Gatto and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d2/john-taylor-gatto-4736_ancient_child-labor-becomes-a-label-of-condemnat_2451444.png" --- > [Child labor becomes a label of condemnation in spite of its ancient function as the quickest, most reliable way to human independence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/child-labor-becomes-a-label-of-condemnation-in-spite-of-its-ancient/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d2/john-taylor-gatto-4736_ancient_child-labor-becomes-a-label-of-condemnat_2451444.png) > [What's gotten in the way of education in the United States is a theory of social engineering that says there is ONE…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/what-s-gotten-in-the-way-of-education-in-the-united-states-is-a/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85c/john-taylor-gatto-4736_education_what-s-gotten-in-the-way-of-education-in_2223470.png) > [You either learn your way towards writing your own script in life, or you unwittingly become an actor in someone else's script.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/you-either-learn-your-way-towards-writing-your-own-script-in-life-or/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d0/john-taylor-gatto-4736_acting_you-either-learn-your-way-towards-writin_1246143.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d44/john-taylor-gatto-4736_educated_there-isn-t-a-right-way-to-become-educat_81680.png) > [Our cultural dilemma has nothing to do with children who don't read very well. It lies instead in the difficulty of finding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/our-cultural-dilemma-has-nothing-to-do-with-children-who-don-t-read/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a5/john-taylor-gatto-4736_children_our-cultural-dilemma-has-nothing-to-do-w_2212162.png) > [I feel ashamed that so many of us cannot imagine a better way to do things than locking children up all day…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32b/john-taylor-gatto-4736_ashamed_i-feel-ashamed-that-so-many-of-us-cannot_343077.jpg) > [Individuality, family, and community are, by definition, expressions of singular organization, never of "one-right-way" thinking on the grand scale. Children and families…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/individuality-family-and-community-are-by-definition-expressions-of/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/926/john-taylor-gatto-4736_belonging_individuality-family-and-community-are-b_2429277.jpg) > [Close reading of tough-minded writing is still the best, cheapest, and quickest method known for learning to think for yourself... Reading, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/close-reading-of-tough-minded-writing-is-still-the-best-cheapest-and/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbe/john-taylor-gatto-4736_analysis_close-reading-of-tough-minded-writing-is_2367813.png) > [ As a writer, politician, scientist, and businessman, \[Ben\] Franklin had few equals among the educated of his day-though he left school at… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/as-a-writer-politician-scientist-and-businessman-ben-franklin-had-few/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95b/john-taylor-gatto-4736_age_as-a-writer-politician-scientist-and-bus_517341.jpg) > [Children learn what they live. Put kids in a class and they will live out their lives in an invisible cage, isolated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/children-learn-what-they-live-put-kids-in-a-class-and-they-will-live/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afc/john-taylor-gatto-4736_association_children-learn-what-they-live-put-kids-i_2380159.png) > [We have been taught (that is, schooled) in this country to think of 'success' as synonymous with, or at least dependent upon,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/we-have-been-taught-that-is-schooled-in-this-country-to-think-of/) [John Taylor Gatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-taylor-gatto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/590/john-taylor-gatto-4736_compulsory_we-have-been-taught-that-is-schooled-in_2610320.png) > [A lot of the strings that hold us like puppets are really inventions of our own minds. I'm not saying that there…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/088/john-taylor-gatto-4736_army_a-lot-of-the-strings-that-hold-us-like-p_199203.png) ## Other authors on Way ## 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/way/john-taylor-gatto/#itemlist", "name": "12 Way Quotes By John Taylor Gatto", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Child labor becomes a label of condemnation in spite of its ancient function as the quickest, most reliable way to human independence", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Taylor Gatto" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/child-labor-becomes-a-label-of-condemnation-in-spite-of-its-ancient/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d2/john-taylor-gatto-4736_ancient_child-labor-becomes-a-label-of-condemnat_2451444.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d2/john-taylor-gatto-4736_ancient_child-labor-becomes-a-label-of-condemnat_2451444.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d2/john-taylor-gatto-4736_ancient_child-labor-becomes-a-label-of-condemnat_2451444.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Child labor becomes a label of condemnation in spite of its ancient function as the quickest, most reliable…” — John Taylor Gatto", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What's gotten in the way of education in the United States is a theory of social engineering that says there is ONE RIGHT WAY to proceed with growing up.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Taylor Gatto" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/what-s-gotten-in-the-way-of-education-in-the-united-states-is-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85c/john-taylor-gatto-4736_education_what-s-gotten-in-the-way-of-education-in_2223470.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85c/john-taylor-gatto-4736_education_what-s-gotten-in-the-way-of-education-in_2223470.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85c/john-taylor-gatto-4736_education_what-s-gotten-in-the-way-of-education-in_2223470.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What's gotten in the way of education in the United States is a theory of social engineering that says there…” — John Taylor Gatto", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You either learn your way towards writing your own script in life, or you unwittingly become an actor in someone else's script.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Taylor Gatto" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/you-either-learn-your-way-towards-writing-your-own-script-in-life-or/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d0/john-taylor-gatto-4736_acting_you-either-learn-your-way-towards-writin_1246143.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d0/john-taylor-gatto-4736_acting_you-either-learn-your-way-towards-writin_1246143.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d0/john-taylor-gatto-4736_acting_you-either-learn-your-way-towards-writin_1246143.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You either learn your way towards writing your own script in life, or you unwittingly become an actor in…” — John Taylor Gatto", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There isn't a right way to become educated; 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Put kids in a class and they will live out their lives in an invisible cage, isolated from their chance at community; interrupt kids with bells and horns all the time and they will learn that nothing is important or worth finishing; ridicule them and they will retreat from human association; shame them and they will find a hundred ways to get even. The habits taught in large-scale organizations are deadly.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Taylor Gatto" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-taylor-gatto/children-learn-what-they-live-put-kids-in-a-class-and-they-will-live/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afc/john-taylor-gatto-4736_association_children-learn-what-they-live-put-kids-i_2380159.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afc/john-taylor-gatto-4736_association_children-learn-what-they-live-put-kids-i_2380159.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afc/john-taylor-gatto-4736_association_children-learn-what-they-live-put-kids-i_2380159.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Children learn what they live. 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I'm not saying that there aren't armies and police and various ways to punish deviants, but there isn't any way to punish a large number of deviants. It's too expensive to even try. 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