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A Short Angry History of Modern Schooling by John Taylor Gatto

Radical Personal Finance

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The Secret of American Schooling

The secret of American schooling is that it doesn't teach the way children learn. School has been engineered to serve a particular kind of economy and a strictly layered social order not to benefit kids and families. The prime directive of schooling is to retard maturity and wholeness. Growth and mastery only come to those who vigorously self-direct. We've known that for thousands of years. I'll be talking a little specifically about this tomorrow morning.

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