Mediocrity Quotes

“Tate’s experience is similar to countless others who are prompted to take action once they realize how bad a particular problem is. But without that exposure—without realizing the significance of the problem—oftentimes solutions aren’t realized. (That’s also the purpose of this book, by the way—to shock you into seeing just how bad the status quo is and the need for education solutions for your children and everyone else’s.) When problems are well understood, then we can begin talking about how to fix them.”
― Connor Boyack, Mediocrity: 40 Ways Government Schools are Failing Today's Students

“As one prominent official in the National Education Association said in 1934, “The major function of the school is the social orientation of the individual. It must seek to give him understanding of the transition to a new social order.”
― Connor Boyack, Mediocrity: 40 Ways Government Schools are Failing Today's Students