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Dumbing Us Down | by John Taylor Gatto | Chapter 1

Effortless English Podcast | Learn English with AJ Hoge

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The Sixth Lesson Provisional Self Esteem

Schools teach children that self respect confidence depends on expert opinions, he says. Your confidence comes from the teacher,. If the teacher gives you an a and good grade, ok, then you can feel good. But if the teacher give you an f, then you have to feel bad. It doesn't depend on inside you; it's not about you. Only you are the master of your own mind, right? No one else can be only you can do it.

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