This is a significant discussion. Gatto is one of the very important voices discussing education as it is practiced. Education is often - almost always, socialization, as roachboy indicates. It can be something different, however. There is some good discussion and practice occurring in what is being called "mindfulness education." That's a bit of a catch-all, of course. But it is not too difficult to conceive of far more humanistic approaches to this most human of subjects - even though "humanistic education" as a conventional thing has turned into just another form of socialization. So real progress is by no means simple on this path.
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