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By Bells And Many Other Similar Techniques They (schools) Teach That Nothing Is Worth Finishing. The Gross Error Of This Is Progressive: If Nothing Is Worth Finishing Then By Extension Nothing Is Worth Starting Either. Few Children Are So Thick-skulled They Miss The Point.

-John Taylor Gatto

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By Bells And Many Other Similar Techniques

John Taylor Gatto

By Bells And Many Other Similar Techniques They (schools) Teach That Nothing Is Worth Finishing. The Gross Error Of This Is Progressive: If Nothing Is Worth Finishing Then By Extension Nothing Is Worth Starting Either. Few Children Are So Thick-skulled They Miss The Point.

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