A Prison By Any Other Name

Not everything that is familiar and commonplace is good. What passes for "education" in much of the world has a very real, very negative aspect to it that most people never even think about.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMhURei8N6Q

Good, short video on what John Taylor Gatto explores more deeply in his books. There's a fair amount of discussion, excerpts, and links related to his work on the forum. Here's some:

• Education (old article that summarizes and excerpts)
• THE PSYCHOPATHIC SCHOOL: The Failure of Modern Public Education (excerpt)
• Transcripts for SOTT Podcasts on "The Role of Education in the US" (part 1, part 2)
• John Taylor Gatto - Against School (article)
• The Ultimate History Lesson - A Day with John Taylor Gatto (5 hour interview)
• The hidden curriculum of compulsory schooling (discussion and excerpts about Gatto's Dumbing Us Down)
• Weapons of Mass Instruction (thread on the so-named book, but no discussion there yet - but some discussion can be found in this older thread)

There's more (2 pages of search results) to be found by searching for "john gatto" (without the quotes).

Thank you, Voluntarism. It was good. I've shared it on FB and Twitter. Very sad, but true. No wonder that later on, those children grow up to be authoritarian followers...

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing, Voluntarism.