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John Taylor Gatto Quotes: The primary goal of real education is not to deliver facts but to guide students to the truths that will allow them to take responsibility for their lives.
         

The primary goal of real education is not to deliver facts but to guide students to the truths that will allow them to take responsibility for their lives.


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Grades don't measure anything other than your relevant obedience to a manager.

Grades don't measure anything other than your relevant obedience to a manager.



There isn't a right way to become educated; there are as many ways as there are fingerprints.

There isn't a right way to become educated; there are as many ways as there are fingerprints.



You either learn your way towards writing your own script in life, or you unwittingly become an actor in someone else's script.

You either learn your way towards writing your own script in life, or you unwittingly become an actor in someone else's script.



One of the first things a family tries to teach its children is the difference between good and evil, right and wrong. One of the first things our schools do is destroy that distinction.

One of the first things a family tries to teach its children is the difference between good and evil, right and wrong. One of the first things our schools do is destroy that distinction.



Government schooling is the most radical adventure in history. It kills the family by monopolizing the best times of childhood and by teaching disrespect for home and parents.

Government schooling is the most radical adventure in history. It kills the family by monopolizing the best times of childhood and by teaching disrespect for home and parents.



You need experience, adventure, and explorations more than you need algebra!

You need experience, adventure, and explorations more than you need algebra!



Whatever an education is, it should make you a unique individual, not a conformist.

Whatever an education is, it should make you a unique individual, not a conformist.



Creative work and critical thought, which produces new knowledge, can't be conditioned; indeed, conditioning prevents these things from ever happening.

Creative work and critical thought, which produces new knowledge, can't be conditioned; indeed, conditioning prevents these things from ever happening.



The premise upon which mass compulsion schooling is based is dead wrong. It tries to shoehorn every style, culture, and personality into one ugly boot that fits nobody.

The premise upon which mass compulsion schooling is based is dead wrong. It tries to shoehorn every style, culture, and personality into one ugly boot that fits nobody.



Self-knowledge is the only basis of true knowledge.

Self-knowledge is the only basis of true knowledge.





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