John Gatto Secondary Education Summary

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Gatto believes that our educational system was adopted. "Our educational system really is Prussian in origin, and that really is cause for concern." He continues on about how many have pointed out in the past that America has taken on such on oppressed schooling system, that system being of the Prussians. "But what shocks is that we so eagerly have adopted one of the very worst aspects of Prussian culture: an educational system deliberately designed to produce mediocre intellects, to produce mediocre life, to deny students appreciable leadership skills, and to ensure docile and incomplete citizens in order to render the populace "manageable."" He writes about how those high up who brought, supported, and funded the Prussian-like system did so to only enforce having a guarantee of a "servile labor force" and "mindless consumers." Gattos supports the idea that it is more than obvious that schooling is simply meant to separate, demoralize and "dumb the people down." I would have to agree for the most part with John Gatto's argument. The boredom in schooling along with the monotone teachings and textbook answers is rather familiar. Although Gatto argues that…show more content…
I find it rather scary, something that makes you truly think on it, as well as a little sad at the same time. The basic functions were written to involve everything from giving the children boring material, make the children all be alike one another as opposed to being individuals, determine what a students' role in society is, keeping them level grounded as opposed to going higher in life to be their best, selection of the better ones and humiliate the weaker with bad grades and the like, and even so much as having "chosen ones" that will excel to learn management and leadership skills, unlike the others, and rein over the oppressed
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