I feel ashamed that so many of us cannot imagine a better way to do things than locking children up all day in cells instead of letting them grow up knowing their families, mingling with the world, assuming real obligations, striving to be independent and self-reliant and free.


A Different Kind of Teacher: Solving the Crisis of American Schooling (ed. 2000)

John Taylor Gatto Quotes

I feel ashamed that so many of us cannot imagine a better way to do things than locking children up all day in cells instead of letting them grow up...

I feel ashamed that so many of us cannot imagine a better way to do things than locking children up all day in cells instead of letting them grow up...

I feel ashamed that so many of us cannot imagine a better way to do things than locking children up all day in cells instead of letting them grow up...

I feel ashamed that so many of us cannot imagine a better way to do things than locking children up all day in cells instead of letting them grow up...