John Taylor Gatto (born December 15, 1935) is a retired American school teacher with nearly 30 years of experience in the classroom, and he has authored several books on education. He is an activist, critical of compulsory schooling, of the perceived divide between the teen years and adulthood, and of what he characterizes as the hegemonic nature of discourse on education and the education professions.
The above video is an excerpt of the interview below.
J. T. Gatto interviewed by Lennart Mogren, Sweden, March 2003
In this interview he exposes the hidden agenda that makes most of us hate school. He exposes the dark and terrifying machinery behind the scenes. Mr Gatto gíves us hope and tools to start dismantling this hideous institution.
See also: The Greatest History Lesson – John Taylor Gatto – The Truth About Your Education
