
Dumbing Us Down | by John Taylor Gatto | Chapter 1
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The Learning of the Bells in School
When the bell rings, i force the children to stop whatever they are doing. This is actually true for elementary too. They must immediately stop what they are doing and then go and study something else. And so they learn that nothing is really important, because nothing is ever finished in school. So why care? Why care about anything? Because it doesn't matter. Right? If you're super excited reading a book, doesn'tmatter. Doesn't matter if you like it, it doesn't mtter. You must just obey what the teacher says. It's amazing, cause i was exactly this way. I remember, i hated every single book that i read in school. That was just
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