Due to modern schools teaching children to be consumers, Gatto’s solution is that students should teach themselves greater qualities. Being a leader, not following the crowd, and being adventurous with anything. In our culture, learning from own experiences and teaching ourselves is the only way to get an education from modern schooling, according to Gatto. He believes that students should explore what they enjoy including: art, philosophy, history, math, and literature. Becoming mature is the main point. He completes by saying, “let them manage themselves,” to show that we are individuals with different interests, and not all the
Due to modern schools teaching children to be consumers, Gatto’s solution is that students should teach themselves greater qualities. Being a leader, not following the crowd, and being adventurous with anything. In our culture, learning from own experiences and teaching ourselves is the only way to get an education from modern schooling, according to Gatto. He believes that students should explore what they enjoy including: art, philosophy, history, math, and literature. Becoming mature is the main point. He completes by saying, “let them manage themselves,” to show that we are individuals with different interests, and not all the