Against School

                The article Against School: How Public Education Cripples Our Kids, and Why by John Gatto was interesting. I think it was interesting because it was nice to read why he thinks going to school isn’t necessary. I think it’s a little bit odd that he used to be a teacher for thirty years in New York but he now has his opinion on thinking school is unnecessary. I agree with what John Gatto says about why kids get bored during school. John Gatto says, “Kids said the work was stupid, that it made no sense, that they already knew it. They said they wanted to be doing something real, not just sitting around.” I know when I was in high school I would think some of the assignments were stupid. For example, in my child psychology class I had to bring home a fake baby that would cry. I thought it was stupid because I was only in high school and didn’t think I needed to know how to make a baby stop crying just yet. I also would get bored in class if we were learning something that I already knew. I also agree with Gatto when he says, “If I was bored it was my fault and no one else’s.” I agree with this statement because I think if someone is bored they should do something to change it. No one can make you be bored. That’s all on you. If you decide to not pay attention or not do your work and you end up bored because of it, that’s your own fault. I don’t agree with Gatto’s statement, “Plenty of people throughout the world today find a way to educate themselves without resorting to a system of compulsory secondary schools.” I don’t think many people would take the time to educate themselves. I’m sure some people do and would but not all. I think if there wasn’t school I wouldn’t take the time to educate myself on my own. Everyone needs an education. Without it people wouldn’t have good paying jobs.