...good Things Happen To The Human Spirit

The Premise Upon Which Mass Compulsion Schooling Is Based Is Dead Wrong. It Tries To Shoehorn Every Style, Culture, And Personality Into One Ugly Boot That Fits Nobody.

Anyone Who Is More Interested In Human Beings Than In The Rules Is A Threat To The System.

The Shocking Possibility That Dumb People Don't Exist In Sufficient Numbers To Warrant The Millions Of Careers Devoted To Tending Them Will Seem Incredible To You. Yet That Is My Central Proposition: The Mass Dumbness Which Justifies Official Schooling First Had To Be Dreamed Of; It Isn't Real.

Although Teachers Do Care And Do Work Very, Very Hard, The Institution Is Psychopathic-it Has No Conscience. It Rings A Bell And The Young Man In The Middle Of Writing A Poem Must Close His Notebook And Move To A Different Cell Where He Must Memorize That Humans And Monkeys Derive From A Common Ancestor.

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.