Shawnele

“The obligation to amuse and instruct myself was entirely my own, and people who didn't know that were childish people, to be avoided if possible. Certainly not to be trusted.”
― John Taylor Gatto

“Genius is an exceedingly common human quality, probably natural to most of us.”
― John Taylor Gatto

“When you take the free will out of education, that turns it into schooling.”
― John Taylor Gatto

“The primary goal of real education is not to deliver facts but to guide students to the truths that will allow them to take responsibility for their lives.”
― John Taylor Gatto, A Different Kind of Teacher: Solving the Crisis of American Schooling