Homeschooling Thoughts

If you live in a material universe where acquiring things is very important to you, then family is an absolute deterrent to maintaining that sort of a world, because family involves values like affection, and sympathy, and passion, and types of pleasure that lead nowhere in a material sense. John Taylor Gatto, in "Alternatives in Education"






...think of the New York City public school system in which I work, one of the largest business organizations on planet Earth. While the education adminsistered by this abstract parent is ill-regarded by everybody, the institution's right to compel its clientele to accept such dubious service is still guarteed by the police. And forces are gathering to expand its reach still further -- in the face of every evidence that it has been a disaster throughout its history. -- John Taylor Gatto






Who does not recall school at least in part as endless dreary hours of boredom punctuated by moments of high anxiety?
- Daniel Goleman "Emotional Intelligence"

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