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#32 Mar 1, 2026 1 min read

Are We Brave Enough to Let Them Walk Away?

n Dumbing Us Down, John Taylor Gatto argued that compulsory schooling does not primarily cultivate intelligence but conditions obedience.

There is a question at the heart of every serious conversation about education, and it is one institutions are structurally designed to avoid. What if attendance were voluntary. Not rhetorically voluntary. Not theoretically optional. But structurally non compulsory. What if students came because they chose to come. Stayed because they wanted to stay. Committed because the work itself demanded their commitment.


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