Gatto’s basic premise is that our schools do exactly what they were designed to do, and they do it brilliantly. It ensures a workforce that will rely on corporate institutions for their income, stimulation and self-esteem and will learn to find meaning in their lives solely in the production and consumption of material goods. It was designed to create a docile, friendly workforce to meet the growing needs of corporate capitalism.
He asserts that American education actually works perfectly for what it was designed to do. John Gatto, a teacher for more than 30 years and winner of the New York City and New York State Teacher of the Year awards opposes this principle and actually says we should have less school, not more. But some people believe that the answer to some of these problems is just to have more schooling, not less. These days, it is popular to declare that American education is “broken,” that kids do not receive the proper education, and that many of them are dropping out of school.
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