“Knowledge of the world must be acquired only in the world, and not in a closet.” So said Lord Chesterfield, who understood that locking children up is not the best way to educate them. It is a painful reality that students are not being educated, but rather simply being educated, and most people who understand the street lingo know that “to be educated” is to be defeated. This terminology is no coincidence. Compulsory schooling is stripping society of its liveliest sources of variety and teaching children that no job is worth completing and that they must depend on someone else's word for survival. John Taylor Gatto, New York State Teacher of the Year in 1991, describes how society is slowly becoming sterile due to a lack of variety: when children are locked in their prison classroom cells and the elderly in nursing homes, there is no one to find an alternative point of view from. Schools take children away from their families when they could use the time to learn something from their parents or grandparents. There is a reason why wise mythological characters have always aged and children tragically miss out on prime opportunities to spend time with these experts. individuals. God forbid they actually learn something that might be applicable to them later in life, as opposed to standardized material that will be forgotten as soon as the next test is given. Schools destroy the very source of variety: the family. If all children are crowded into one institution, they are less likely to think critically enough to recognize the oppression or hypocrisy of those at the top (the ones who make the money). For example, motorists constantly tell stories about how traffic cops have tried to take advantage of them by making laws and assuming that the offender is not critical enough to question their authority. Fines are given and fines are paid for false premises, and no one asks why. People like traffic cops feed on the ignorance that is pumped out of these schools – in fact, it is often their best source of monetary gain. Victims in these situations always feel absolutely betrayed. However, schools often stage similar scenes, yet it is rare to find a student who understands this betrayal. They are placed under the supervision of strange adults – many of whom are simply going through the motions to earn their paycheck – and are expected to place unyielding faith in the words these adults speak..