Summary Of Against School By John Taylor Gatto

In “Against School,” John Taylor Gatto argues that boredom is a huge part of our current education system. I agree that it is true, both teacher and students are bored in our current system where one is to give, and the other to receive an education. Learning should be much more active and responsive. Gatto took this problem and proposed an extreme solution of removing the school system all together. He continues with people in the past have come along and gone to do extraordinary things in life without an education. This is true, but Gatto doesn’t address the time period of these people. Like I said before I agree the school system is boring for both the people involved, but I don’t think we should remove it entirely. Without it we probably