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Re:No grades, no timetable: Berlin school turns teaching ups... by woodandsteel on Monday July 04, 2016 @09:31PM (#12033912)
> I wonder why learning can't be more like that?

As John Taylor Gatto explains, it is because our education system was designed back in the 19th century to produce factory workers who would follow orders and do the same boring thing all day long.

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Re:No grades, no timetable: Berlin school turns teaching ups... by cpr on Tuesday July 05, 2016 @12:18PM (#12037511)
http://johntaylorgatto.com/ -- his books are all worth reading, especially his Underground History of American Education.
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