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John Taylor Gatto Quotes: Teaching is a function, not a profession. Anything with something to offer can teach.
         

Teaching is a function, not a profession. Anything with something to offer can teach.


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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.



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.



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.





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You know that feeling when you first arrive in a new city? However tired you are, however shattered by the flight, you are impatient to get out and sample the streets, the life, the action.

You know that feeling when you first arrive in a new city? However tired you are, however shattered by the flight, you are impatient to get out and sample the streets, the life, the action.



There are many types of pain. The only one that aspirin won't help is a hurting heart. That's why there is alcohol.

There are many types of pain. The only one that aspirin won't help is a hurting heart. That's why there is alcohol.



We must remember that knowledge of one’s own deep nature is also simultaneously knowledge of human nature in general.

We must remember that knowledge of one’s own deep nature is also simultaneously knowledge of human nature in general.



So often we only do what we think is expected of us, when we are capable of so much more.

So often we only do what we think is expected of us, when we are capable of so much more.



The financial interdependence of the world's banks is like the interlocking alliances that predated World War I.

The financial interdependence of the world's banks is like the interlocking alliances that predated World War I.



I feel I do what I love, and the fools pay me for it.

I feel I do what I love, and the fools pay me for it.



When we want to know God's will, there are three things which always concur: the inward impulse, the Word of God and the trend of circumstances. Never act until these three things agree.

When we want to know God's will, there are three things which always concur: the inward impulse, the Word of God and the trend of circumstances. Never act until these three things agree.



Christ is the desire of nations, the joy of angels, the delight of the Father. What solace then must that soul be filled with, that has the possession of Him to all eternity!

Christ is the desire of nations, the joy of angels, the delight of the Father. What solace then must that soul be filled with, that has the possession of Him to all eternity!



I'm absolutely happy with where Louis Litt is. The writers, starting with Aaron [Korsh], have just made him into a human being.

I'm absolutely happy with where Louis Litt is. The writers, starting with Aaron [Korsh], have just made him into a human being.




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