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Gatto, John Taylor – Journal of Family Life, 1997
Modern compulsory schooling ignores the spiritual component of human existence, to the detriment of individual and society. In American Protestant spirituality, everyone counts; a good life's requisites are spelled out: work as salvation, pain as path to self-knowledge, duty, compassion, acceptance of loss, preparation for death. But no teacher…
Descriptors: Christianity, Compulsory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualism
