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1、PraiseforWEAPONSOFMASSINSTRUCTIONJohnTaylorGattohasbeenaheroofmineforyears.Hehasthecouragetochallengeaneducationalsystemthatisobsoleteandoutoftouchwithreality.Yearsago,hegavemethecouragetospeakoutandwritemybooks.Itrustthisbookwillgiveyouthecouragetospeakout.-ROBERTKIYOSAKI,aut
2、hor,RichDad,PoorDadForover20yearsJohnTaylorGattohasbeenworkingtirelesslytoteachusthetruthaboutoureducationalsystem-thatcompulsoryschoolingdoesnotworktofosterademocraticwayoflife!-MARYLEu~,FounderoftheAlbanyFreeSchoolAllofGatto'swordsshine.Let'shaveGattoasUSSecretaryofEducation
3、andthen,thistime,hecanblowitallup!-GEORGEMEEGAN,authorofTheLongestWalkandworldrecordholder,longestunbrokenmarchinhumanhistoryWeacceptMrGatto'sinvitationtoanopenconspiracyagainstforcedschoolinghereinEuropeaswell.Thevirtuesofthisbook,itspreciseideas,realisticproposalsandsharpcon
4、science,classitamongthebestworksofThoreau,Jefferson,HumeorDiderot.Amasterlybook.-TheKadmosParisMagazine,Paris,October2008.InWeaponsofMassInstruction,JohnTaylorGattopointsoutthefollyofthebusinessofAmericaneducation,especiallystandardizedtesting.Listenup,forchildren'ssake!-WENDY
5、ZEIGLER,artistandformerstudentofJohnTaylorGatto.Ithappensrarely,butwheneverIdoreadanewspaper,listentotheradio,orwatchtelevision,onavarietyoftopics,Ifindmyselfwondering,"How?Howcanthishappen?Howcanpeoplebesogullible?"Gattohasanansweranditisdisturbingaswellascompelling:20thCentu
6、ryUSeducation.Hisargumentrenewsgratitudetomyfatherforhavinggivenmethechancetododgefullimmersioninthehomogenizingmachine,andmakesmemoredeterminedthanevertopassthisgiftofbecominganindividualontomyownchildren.-TANIAAEBI,authorofMaidenVoyageandworldrecordholder,firstcircumnavigati
7、onoftheworldbyasolofemalesailorIrunaschool.JohnGattoismyconscience.Hehastaughtmetohateschoolandlovelearning.Thisbookwilldothatforothers,andweneedthem!-BECKYELDER,NorthfieldSchoolofTheLiberalArtsJohnTaylorGattoexplainshowcompulsorypublicschoolstrainchildrentobeemployeesandconsu
8、mersinsteadofleadersandachieversinafreeAmerica.-PHYLLISSCHLAF