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Originally Posted by garinda
Whilst growing up in the U.K. did you receive any education supplied by the state, or were your parents in the fortunate position to be able chose to send you to private schools, or even more fortunately, had the time to home school you?
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My parents, were they stlll living, would get a chuckle out of your inquiry as to whether or not they were people of means. Heck, no.
I attended schools in Clayton-le-Moors, Accrington and Gloucestershire.....none of which were private. Not that that has anything to do with the current state of education in the U.S. There is an excellent book called "The Underground History of American Education," by John Taylor Gatto, a former NY State & NY City Teacher of the Year. His Wall Street Journal article, "I Quit, I Think," has been widely disseminated. If you are interested, I believe you can link to it at
I Quit, I Think - John Taylor Gatto Also, if you have the time, pages 3 through 8 are worth reading as well.