John,

I looked again and this time found the C-SPAN talk. Oriinally I only heard the last twenty minutes, but I thought it quite important. If you get a chance you might enjoy watching it.

http://www.booktv.org/watch.aspx?ProgramId=FV-10280


Marsha




At 01:08 AM 6/15/2009, you wrote:
"Open Source Learning"   I like that.


Here is a demonstration that the harm school inflicts is quite rational and
deliberate, following high-level political theories constructed by Plato,
Calvin, Spinoza, Fichte, Darwin, Wundt, and others, which contend the term
"education" is meaningless because humanity is strictly limited by
necessities of biology, psychology, and theology. The real function of
pedagogy is to render the common population manageable.

Realizing that goal demands that the young be conditioned to rely upon
experts, remain divided from natural alliances, and accept disconnections
from the experiences that create self-reliance and independence.

Escaping this trap requires a different way of growing up, one Gatto calls
"open source learning." In chapters such as "A Letter to Kristina, my
Granddaughter"; "Fat Stanley"; and "Walkabout:London," this different
reality is illustrated.


On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 4:11 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote:

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