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Ah, for the good old days, back before child labor laws, back when no had time for such inventions as "adolescence", back when one could sing a cute song about darkies or niggers without being a racist, back when flogging children in the name ...more...]]> 5 4 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 06 15:02:17 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 29 10:45:07 -0800 2007
i don't even know how to convey the wonderfulness of this book. john taylor gatto taught 8th grade english for 30 years in NYC. in his final few years he was named NYC and NY State Teacher of the Year. then he quit in disgust, his resigna...more...]]> 3 2 false false Wed Feb 25 11:18:59 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 09:09:24 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 11:18:59 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Sep 25 19:17:13 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 19:21:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 00:30:35 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 00:31:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false true Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Feb 17 20:22:21 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 20:26:36 -0800 2008 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Sun Jan 20 17:41:33 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 20 17:43:31 -0800 2008 5 1 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 01 15:28:22 -0700 2008 Fri Feb 13 13:01:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Aug 29 13:26:15 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 08 16:06:04 -0800 2008
P. 98 Dr. Seuss on writing the Cat in the Hat for ...more...]]> 1 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 05:22:57 -0800 2008 Mon Jun 23 21:24:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 12 20:46:01 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 11 13:37:57 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Oct 10 22:33:13 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 22:38:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Feb 21 06:31:37 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 06:35:23 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Jul 28 23:36:29 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 23:40:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Jul 13 17:41:19 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 16 14:20:19 -0700 2009
Possibly in the tradition of Ivan Illich, an ex-priest who preached de-institutionalization in a rather utopian way.

A friend, now a professor of anthropology, once responded to one of my rants about schools by asking w...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Sep 05 15:16:14 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 15:17:04 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Aug 12 15:20:59 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 15:25:02 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Jun 19 12:06:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 12:08:08 -0700 2009
He claims he is not a conspiracy theorist, yet a lot of what he says comes across that way.

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