Against School- John Gatto

After reading John Gatto's "Against School", I feel inspired.  I have honestly never felt like I was "meant" to go to school, but I had to because that is what I was "supposed" to do.  K-12 schooling does have some good social aspects, and students hopefully learn how to have manners and respect eachother but lately I have been seeing less and less of anything good coming from traditional schooling.  When Gatto made a point about how Abe Lincoln and Ben Franklin weren't in school I could not help but smile.  That is proof that even without formal schooling children can grow up to be successful and make a positive change in the world.  I hope that by the time I have children there are more options for schooling that focus on building good character and being good citicens because I believe that that would be much more beneficial than the public schooling system we have today.