Although teachers do care and do work very, very hard, the institution is psychopathic-it has no conscience. It rings a bell and the young man in the middle of writing a poem must close his notebook and move to a different cell where he must memorize that humans and monkeys derive from a common ancestor.

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John Taylor Gatto was a 20th-century American author and school teacher. John Taylor Gatto was an American author and school teacher. After teaching for nearly 30 years he authored several books on modern education, criticizing its ideology, history, and consequences. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Education — The importance of teaching, learning, and intellectual curiosity

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