Malcom X’s Idea
John Taylor Gatto and Malcolm X (shared idea)
Horace Mann and Ken Robinson (shared idea)
Horace Mann’s Idea
Malcolm X Quote
Horace Mann Quote
Ken Robinson Quote
John Taylor Gatto’s Idea
Ken Robinson’s Idea
John Taylor Gatto Quote
“Creativity is as important as literacy.”
The ability to read is a sort of freedom
Intelligence is diverse, dynamic, and distinct
Schools are the strongest force for helping the children change the future
“...if I was bored it was my fault and no one else’s. The obligation to amuse and instruct myself was entirely my own, and people who don’t know that we’re childish people, to be avoided if possible.”
Education is for the bettering of the future
Boredom is our own faults
The lack of wanting to learn is where education fails
“In fact, prison enabled me to study far more intensively than I would have if my life had gone differently and I had attended some college. I imagine that one of the biggest troubles with colleges is they there are too many distractions, too much panty-raiding, fraternities, and voila-books and all of that. Where else but in prison could I have attacked my ignorance by being able to study intensely sometimes as much as fifteen hours a day?”
Without undervaluing any other human agency, it may be safely affirmed that the Common School, improved and energized, as it can easily be, may become the most effective and benignant of all the forces of civilization.”
