“Good things happen to the human spirit when it is left alone.”
Quotations
John Taylor Gatto quotes
4 quotations from John Taylor Gatto. None are matched against the archive's own text: 4 carry a named source outside the archive.
“I've concluded that genius is as common as dirt. We suppress genius because we haven't yet figured out how to manage a population of educated men and women. The solution, I think, is simple and glorious. Let them manage themselves.”
“As society rapidly changes, individuals will have to be able to function comfortably in a world that is always in flux. Knowledge will continue to increase at a dizzying rate. This means that a content-based curriculum, with a set body of information to be imparted to students, is entirely inappropriate as a means of preparing children for their adult roles.”
“Children allowed to take responsibility and given a serious part in the larger world are always superior to those merely permitted to play and be passive.”