Grades Don't Measure Anything Other Than Your

I've Noticed A Fascinating Phenomenon In My Twenty-five Years Of Teaching - That Schools And Schooling Are Increasingly Irrelevant To The Great Enterprises Of The Planet. No One Believes Anymore That Scientists Are Trained In Science Classes Or Politicians In Civics Classes Or Poets In English Classes. The Truth Is That Schools Don't Really Teach Anything Except How To Obey Orders.

It Only Takes About 50 Contact Hours To Transmit Basic Literacy And Math Skills Well Enough That Kids Can Be Self-teachers From Then On. The Cry For 'basic Skills' Practice Is A Smokescreen Behind Which Schools Pre-empt The Time Of Children For Twelve Years And Teach Them The Six Lessons I've Just Taught You.

I Taught Public School For 26 Years, But I Just Can't Do It Anymore. For Years I Asked The School Board To Let Me Teach A Curriculum That Doesn't Hurt Kids, But They Always Had Other Fish To Fry. If You Hear Of A Job Where I Don't Have To Hurt Kids To Make A Living, Let Me Know. The Truth Is That Schools Don't Really Teach Anything, But Blind Obedience.

This Was Once A Land Where Every Sane Person Knew How To Build A Shelter, Grow Food, And Entertain One Another. Now We Have Been Rendered Permanent Children. It’s The Architects Of Forced Schooling Who Are Responsible For That.

The Obligation To Amuse And Instruct Myself Was Entirely My Own, And People Who Didn't Know That Were Childish People, To Be Avoided If Possible. Certainly Not To Be Trusted.