"When you take the free will out of……" — John Taylor Gatto

"When you take the free will out of education, that turns it into schooling."

— John Taylor Gatto

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63 Quotes by John Taylor Gatto

John Taylor Gatto has 63 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Growth and mastery come only to those who vigorously self-direct. Initiating, creating, doing, reflecting, freely associating, enjoying privacy-these are precisely…
I teach how to fit into a world I don't want to live in. I just can't do it anymore.
School is the first impression children get of organized society. Like most first impressions it is the lasting one. Life…
The premise upon which mass compulsion schooling is based is dead wrong. It tries to shoehorn every style, culture, and…
The shocking possibility that dumb people don't exist in sufficient numbers to warrant the millions of careers devoted to tending…
Curiosity has no important place in my work, only conformity.
The primary goal of real education is not to deliver facts but to guide students to the truths that will…
This was once a land where every sane person knew how to build a shelter, grow food, and entertain one…
Children allowed to take responsibility and given a serious part in the larger world are always superior to those merely…
Government schooling is the most radical adventure in history. It kills the family by monopolizing the best times of childhood…
Do we really need school? I don't mean education, just forced schooling: six classes a day, five days a week,…
Schools stifle family originality by appropriating the critical time needed for any sound idea of family to develop - then…

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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. — Aristotle
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them… — Aristotle
Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity. — Aristotle
All men by nature desire knowledge. — Aristotle
The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead. — Aristotle
Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
You teach best what you most need to learn. — Richard Bach
The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work. — Richard Bach
Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted. — Billie Joe Armstrong
Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as… — Mary Kay Ash
When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price. — Arthur Ashe

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