“Teaching is a function, not a profession”

John Taylor Gatto was an American teacher and school critic known for his critique of the traditional school system.

The quote presents teaching as a human function and emphasizes that knowledge and experience can be shared by many.

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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 image about schools and blind obedience

6. July 2026

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"I taught public school for 26 years, but I just can't do it anymore. For years I asked the school board to let me teach a curriculum that doesn't hurt kids, but they always had other fish to fry. If you hear of a job where I don't have to hurt kids to make a living, let me know. The truth is that schools don't really teach anything, but blind obedience." John Taylor Gatto

John Taylor Gatto quote about learning and teaching

6. July 2023

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"It was never factually true that young people learn to read or do arithmetic primarily by being taught these things. These things are learned, but not really taught at all. Over-teaching interferes with learning, although the few who survive it may well come to imagine it was by an act of teaching." John Taylor Gatto

Noam Chomsky quote about education, self-fulfillment, and creating a rich, challenging environment for learning

1. January 2021

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"Education must provide the opportunities for self-fulfillment; it can at best provide a rich and challenging environment for the individual to explore, in his own way." Noam Chomsky