What did John Taylor Gatto mean by: Nobody gives you an education. If you want one, you have to take it. - John Taylor Gatto Author Copy
+ Teaching is a function, not a profession. Anything with something to offer can teach. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Taylor Gatto, Function, Profession, Teaching, 0 - John Taylor Gatto Author
+ Anyone who is more interested in human beings than in the rules is a threat to the system. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Taylor Gatto, Human, Threat, 0 - John Taylor Gatto Author
+ There isn’t a right way to become educated; there are as many ways as there are fingerprints. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Taylor Gatto, Educated, Fingerprints, 0 - John Taylor Gatto Author
+ The truth is that schools don’t really teach anything except how to obey orders. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Taylor Gatto, School, Truth Is, 0 - John Taylor Gatto Author
+ …good things happen to the human spirit when it is left alone. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Taylor Gatto, Good Things, Inspiration, Spirit, 0 - John Taylor Gatto Author
+ I teach how to fit into a world I don’t want to live in. I just can’t do it anymore. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Taylor Gatto, School, 0 - John Taylor Gatto Author
+ School is a twelve-year jail sentence where bad habits are the only curriculum truly learned. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Taylor Gatto, Jail, School, 0 - John Taylor Gatto Author
+ When you take the free will out of education, that turns it into schooling. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Taylor Gatto, Free Will, Schooling, 0 - John Taylor Gatto Author
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