John Taylor Gatto Quote on Compulsory Schooling

„This was once a land where every sane person knew how to build a shelter, grow food, and entertain one another. Now we have been rendered permanent children. It’s the architects of forced schooling who are responsible for that.“

John Taylor GattoJohn Taylor Gatto criticizes compulsory schooling and reflects on education, independence, and the effects of traditional school systems.
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John Taylor Gatto was an American teacher and school critic known for his critique of the traditional school system.

In this quotation, John Taylor Gatto criticizes compulsory schooling and its possible effects on independence and social development.


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John Taylor Gatto quote about compulsory schooling and self-reliance

John Taylor Gatto (1935–2018) was an award-winning American teacher, author, and critic of the public school system. He was known for his sharp critique of traditional schools and advocated for alternative educational approaches. Gatto questioned the mechanisms and goals of the schooling system and promoted self-directed learning.

John Taylor Gatto quote about school, independent thinking, and the effects of constant surveillanceCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"Slowly I began to realize that the bells and the confinement, the crazy sequences, the age-segregation, the lack of privacy, the constant surveillance, and all the rest of the national curriculum of schooling were designed exactly as if someone had set out to prevent children from learning how to think and act, to coax them into addiction and dependent behavior." John Taylor Gatto
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"Ours may become the first civilization destroyed, not by the power of our enemies, but by the ignorance of our teachers and the dangerous nonsense they are teaching our children. In an age of artificial intelligence, they are creating artificial stupidity." Thomas Sowell
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John Taylor Gatto quote image about education, freedom, independence, and childrenCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"I feel ashamed that so many of us cannot imagine a better way to do things than locking children up all day in cells instead of letting them grow up knowing their families, mingling with the world, assuming real obligations, striving to be independent and self-reliant and free." John Taylor Gatto
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John Taylor Gatto quote about schooling and educationCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"Is there an idea more radical in the history of the human race than turning your children over to total strangers whom you know nothing about, and having those strangers work on your child's mind, out of your sight, for a period of twelve years? Could there be a more radical idea than that? Back in Colonial days in America, if you proposed that kind of idea, they'd burn you at the stake, you mad person! It's a mad idea!" John Taylor Gatto
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Quote by The Libertarian Pilot about following state rules and teaching children new valuesCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"We were raised by people who dutifully follow the rules of state power. We were brought up to follow the rules & not question the state. But now malicious people make the rules. It's time to teach our children something different." The Libertarian Pilot
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Quote by Henryk M. Broder about climate prophets and societal trustCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"No one in their right mind would let a sixteen-year-old whose parents gave them an anatomy atlas for Christmas remove their appendix. No one who wants to build a house for themselves and their family would hire a sixteen-year-old architect who has only built sandcastles so far. And no one who can tell the difference between a hedge fund and a building society savings agreement would entrust their fortune to a sixteen-year-old. But when it comes to the climate and the world we live in, noisy children suddenly mutate into esteemed prophets of impending doom." Henryk M. Broder
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