As an experienced educator, Gato has written various books delivering the message that public schools have alterior motives besides their elected mission statement. Stating that both children and teachers are bored with the curriculum, and are failing to engage children's and young adults creativity. Creating a system where everyone learns to just follow directions. Relating public schools as prisons for youth.
While Mr. Gato is obviously an award winning teacher in the state of New York, He seems to have had some trouble with his administrators. Who tried to get him not only fired, but also have his license to teach, taken away as well. Obviously Mr. Gato doesn't see eye to eye with administration and their system, and may result in some bias within his paper and books. Listening to the lectures and notions of other anti-public school advocates as well. However, his points have strong merit, and set forth a good argument.
While up front public schools preach a mission statement that their overall purpose is to create good people, make good citizens, and make each person his or her personal best. Yet Gato claims that public schools are really interested in mediocracy and have a much deeper underlying purpose, and their interests is that of a complex management of economic and political proportions to really create harmless voters and mindless consumers. In order to test Gato's theory when we look at general public which do we see? I have to agree with Gato to the extent that their is a lot of discrimination in what is published and fed through our text books, not to mention Government in control of what the nation is taught also controls the next generation of voters, and outline the type of citizens that they desire.
As I was reading "Against School, Gato", I really enjoyed your analysis of who Gato was (such as how he didn't enjoy school and authorities). It really answers some of the questions about why Gato may have written what he did. Yet your analysis about Gato was not a bias interpretation, but rather stating the facts. Good Critical thinking skills!
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