"I walk a lot in New York, not for the exercise but to get from place to place, and because it's the way of having the least contact with human beings."

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It only takes about 50 contact hours to transmit basic literacy and math skills well enough that kids can be self-teachers from then on. The cry for 'basic skills' practice is a smokescreen behind which schools pre-empt the time of children for twelve years and teach them the six lessons I've just taught you.

— John Taylor Gatto