Sixth Lesson John Taylor Gatto Analysis

In John Taylor Gatto 's writing the general message that is trying to be passed, is that the national education system (focuses on the United States but also speaks about the UK) is not placed to help children excel in their school. The author explains to his audience that school isn 't preparing children for what 's so called to be "real world" but rather putting the children in situations where they 're prone to failure and complication. The author expresses these ideas in seven distinct ways.

Mr. Gatto first speaks about his confusion method of teaching. Gatto clarifies that everything is being taught out of context, denying students from learning at their own pace. He criticizes the other teaching methods because they provide all sort of things that don 't help the student create a vivid and reasoning image of the universe.

He moves on to explain his

This lesson focuses on the dependency of students. Mr. Gatto explains that, Students come into class and sit on any empty chair believing that 's all their required to do, and that they 're right for thinking that because students ' are assessed by the work teachers provide them, which makes them feel like the only thing they need to do is obey orders. This is the reason why students lack self-evaluation, self -motivation and self-criticism.

In Mr. Gattos Sixth lesson, Provisional Self-esteem, he speaks about a point similar to that of lesson five. He speaks about how the judgment of student is all in the hands of the teacher, meaning the only people that can share a student 's personality is the teacher, making them lose possession of their own identity.

He finally moves on to discuss his final lesson, no hiding place. In this lesson, the author focuses on the invasion of privacy the students face. He says that schools have constant surveillance on their students and because privacy is vital for imagination and learning it affects the students in a negative