“It only takes about 50 contact hours to transmit basic literacy and math skills well enough that kids can be self-teachers from then on. The cry for “basic skills” practice is a smokescreen behind which schools pre-empt the time of children for twelve years and teach them the six lessons I’ve just taught you.”
– John Taylor Gatto
Ur hans utomordentliga essä “The Six-Lesson Schoolteacher”