Schools [are]...institutions Monopolizing The Daytimes Of Childhood.

For Reasons That Are Both Fair And Foul - But Mostly For Fair Reasons - We Have Come Under The Domain Of A Scientific-management System Whose Ambitions Are Endless. They Want To Manage Every Second Of Our Lives, Every Expenditure That We Make. And The Schools Are The Training Ground To Create A Population That's Easy To Manage.

We Could Encourage The Best Qualities Of Youthfulness - Curiosity, Adventure, Resilience, The Capacity For Surprising Insight Simply By Being More Flexible About Time, Texts, And Tests, By Introducing Kids Into Truly Competent Adults, And By Giving Each Student What Autonomy He Or She Needs In Order To Take A Risk Every Now And Then. But We Don't Do That.

Close Reading Of Tough-minded Writing Is Still The Best, Cheapest, And Quickest Method Known For Learning To Think For Yourself... Reading, And Rigorous Discussion Of That Reading In A Way That Obliges You To Formulate A Position And Support It Against Objections, Is An Operational Definition Of Education... Reading, Analysis, And Discussion Is The Way We Develop Reliable Judgment, The Principle Way We Come To Penetrate Covert Movements Behind The Facade Of Public Appearances.

I Teach How To Fit Into A World I Don't Want To Live In. I Just Can't Do It Anymore.

School Is A Twelve-year Jail Sentence Where Bad Habits Are The Only Curriculum Truly Learned.