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John Taylor Gatto (born December 15, 1935) is a retired American school teacher with nearly 30 years experience in the classroom, and author of 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….
What does the school do with the children? Gatto states the following assertions in “Dumbing Us Down”:
It makes the children confused. It presents an incoherent ensemble of information that the child needs to memorize to stay in school. Apart from the tests and trials that programming is similar to the television, it fills almost all the “free” time of children. One sees and hears something, only to forget it again.
It teaches them to accept their class affiliation.
It makes them indifferent.
It makes them emotionally dependent.
It makes them intellectually dependent.
It teaches them a kind of self-confidence that requires constant confirmation by experts (provisional self-esteem).
It makes it clear to them that they cannot hide, because they are always supervised.
[Hat tip: Randall - tx!]
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By: Britt L
Once again, people do the DUMBEST and DARNEDEST things to gain recognition on the internet.
Posted on Reddit via Liveleak, a video features an unidentified young man with about five individual red firecrackers taped to his lips.
As he mumbles his name and announces his purpose for the video, he begins lighting the firecrackers one by one.
Although the boy appeared not to be seriously injured, the video was pretty much a bust. “Bad idea” said the guy, with pealing material coming from his lips.
We’re guessing his lips were burned off?
Despite that, much like the Cinnamon challenge, this silly stunt could have ended this young man’s life.
To watch the ridiculous yet life threatening video, click here.
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