Category: Living Successfully

John Taylor Gatto: I Quit, I Think

Originally published in The Wall Street Journal, July 25th, 1991, this is a good short read of one teacher’s frustration with bureaucratic public education. Read it HERE at www.educationrevolution.org Gatto also wrote several books, one of which, The Underground History…

What The Real Danger Is

The quote below has shown up at least twice online, the earliest of which I’m aware of is in a comment to a post on Reuters; http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE60Q23H20100127 by someone with the screen name O2BNTEXAS. Good Quote. “The danger to America…

Of Self-Esteem, Responsibility & Feelings

There is a great line in the James L. Brooks movie, “Spanglish” (starring Adam Sandler, Tea Leoni and Cloris Leachman) about personal responsibility and self esteem.  Deborah Clasky (Tea Leoni), is having an affair.  Deborah’s mother, Evelyn (Cloris Leachman), knows…