The Seven-Lesson Schoolteacher is about a teacher who teaches seven lessons that can be used in the real world. He is an unorthodox teacher that wants his students to gain more than just knowledge, he wants them to gain their independence and become successful in life.
Posted by Kayla Lukacs at September 17, 2004 11:53 PMNot to completely disagree with what you said because in a way I do agree. But I think that Gatto is explaining how some school systems force the students to not question what they learn, or question anything for that matter. However I think what your saying is that by the school systems inforcing this no questioning, students will then go on and question to inforce their own learning...Thats only my opinion and I could possibly be very wrong...But awesome opinion =)
Posted by: Jen Sherbo at September 18, 2004 09:56 PMI agree with you on how you said that he wants students to gain their independence and become successful in life. He makes remarks in the essay about how learning has nothing to do with life and how studnets need to become independant.
Posted by: Jared Grubor at September 20, 2004 10:51 PMI agree as well. Learning in school does have nothing to do with what can happen in the real world.
Posted by: Tracey Flaherty at September 21, 2004 10:05 AM