mr. Gatto writes about what he really teaches. A teacher for twenty six years he has broken down the jobs of teachers into six lessons. These lessons differ from what people think his job is. He says that instead of teaching the revolutionary war or reconstruction, he teaches things like how to make what ever your boss tells you to do the most important thing in your life. He states that school has less to do about learning facts, and more about learning obedience.

Here is another crusader, on a mission to show the world what the education system is really like. After reading many texts about school I have grown to see the different types of people who write about the education system. This guy seems no different from the rest. He talks about how the school system is really teaching kids to be mindless drones, yet he forgets the reason he is able to write an article so many people read is because he did well in school. He says "habits are the only thing truely learned". But what about what is taught in the classes. The fact school is the only place I learned physics.

In Paulo Freire's article Freire sees school as filling an empty cup with water. (my words not his) But instead of filling a cup of water, its the teacher filling the students with knowledge. He also states that the school system is set up so that the teacher is the important almost godlike figure, while the students are worthless.

Once again here is a man out to show the world the truth behind the education system. This guy has taken the truth and hyped it up. He talks about how the teacher is in control and the students must do as they are told, when the fact is this is blantenly obvious. When you go to the hospital do you complain that you werent allowed to pick the antibiotic the doctor gave you, no because its the doctors job to do it. He has been trained to pick the right drug. The same goes for teacher, you go to school so that people who are trained to teach, teach you. You cant go there expecting to be the center of attention.

The interview with delpit showed her unique view on the education system. She said that low income children are at a disadvantage because of the way they grew up. A child coming from a wealthy family will have 100 books read to them, while low income child will only have 15. (not real statistics) She argues that facts like that give children of low income families (usually of color) a disadvantage that should be addressed.

I liked this women a lot more then the others for two reasons. The first is that she doesn't bash the school system. She sees the system has flaws but she also understand that schools can help kids succeed. She has taken a very logical look at schools. She is not making any big claims about what schools are really teaching; she is looking at why the kids aren't succeeding. This leads to the second thing I like. While the other authors talk a lot about how American school suck, she is actually doing something about it.