Public Education Crippling Children John Taylor Gatto was born December 15 1935 in Pittsburgh are in Pennsylvania. Gatto attended the university of Pittsburgh and Columbia. Gatto ran for the New York State Senate 29th district in 1985. Gatto had many jobs including working as a script writer in the film business, hot dog vendor, taxi driver, an ASCAP songwriter and much more. Most importantly John Taylor Gatto was a teacher for 29 years but was not just any regular teacher in New York. Gatto was known as New York City teacher of the year for three years. 29 years into teaching Gatto realizes he no longer wants to hurt children. Well not physically of course but more like mentally. John Taylor …show more content…
These fiver books basically revolve wround education, as said in their titles. Gatto wrote an essay named "How public Education Cripples Our Kids" I agree with John Taylor Gatto that public education actually is a problem and cripples kids. Public education cripples our kids because our students are not learning they are just trying to get passing grades, public education is not preparing these students for the real world and lastly school is pushed down on kids which makes it less interesting. Public education cripples our kids because students don't really learn they are just trying to pass their classes. If students had the choice between learning something but receiving a lower grade or not learning anything but receiving a higher grade I am sure students will just go with getting the better grade. I am actually a recent high school graduate so I know what students are thinking. In my class when we had a test the day before we crammed everything in our heads just to pass and get a higher grade. A few weeks later our teacher tested us on the same things weeks later and my class remembered nothing. School is suppose to be educating our kids with knowledge, not just putting a stamp or GPA on us. Later on things like this really affects students, …show more content…
In school we take classes about English, math, history and art. These classes can prepare us for getting any low paying job. We of course need English to read and comprehend and math to calculate but what about the other things we deal with in reality: filing taxes, paying bills, credit, money management and more. One important things students are not taught are filing taxes. Students straight out of high school have no idea about taxes. According to the IRS " a person who is a dependent may still have to file a tax return. It depends on his or her earned income, unearned income, and gross income." Another important thing student is not taught in school is how to pay bills. Students fresh out of high school are most likely not going to be paying bills any time soon but it is still important to know how. Going through life their is a bill for everything such as phone bills, house, car, insurance and more. Students are not taught about credit. Everything is built based on credit. Students straight out of school have no credit, which is bad. without credit you will not be able to qualify for some jobs, get a