Is It Any Wonder That Socrates Was

We Have Been Taught (that Is, Schooled) In This Country To Think Of 'success' As Synonymous With, Or At Least Dependent Upon, 'schooling,' But Historically That Isn’t True In Either An Intellectual Or A Financial Sense. And Plenty Of People Throughout The World Today Find A Way To Educate Themselves Without Resorting To A System Of Compulsory Secondary Schools That All Too Often Resemble Prison.

Close Reading Of Tough-minded Writing Is Still The Best, Cheapest, And Quickest Method Known For Learning To Think For Yourself... Reading, And Rigorous Discussion Of That Reading In A Way That Obliges You To Formulate A Position And Support It Against Objections, Is An Operational Definition Of Education... Reading, Analysis, And Discussion Is The Way We Develop Reliable Judgment, The Principle Way We Come To Penetrate Covert Movements Behind The Facade Of Public Appearances.

School Is A Twelve-year Jail Sentence Where Bad Habits Are The Only Curriculum Truly Learned.

Our Cultural Dilemma Has Nothing To Do With Children Who Don't Read Very Well. It Lies Instead In The Difficulty Of Finding A Way To Restore Meaning And Purpose To Modern Life.

Grades Don't Measure Anything Other Than Your Relevant Obedience To A Manager.