Creative Work And Critical Thought, Which Produces

You Can Make Your Own Son Or Daughter One Of A Kind If You Have The Time And Will To Do So; School Can Only Make Them Part Of A Hive, Herd Or Anthill.

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.

Is It Any Wonder That Socrates Was Outraged At The Accusation He Took Money To Teach? Even Then, Philosophers Saw Clearly The Inevitable Direction The Professionalization Of Teaching Would Take, That Of Pre-empting The Teaching Function, Which, In A Healthy Community, Belongs To Everyone.

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.

• 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.