In 1990, three-time New York City and New York State Teacher of the Year John Taylor Gatto came to the conclusion that compulsory government schooling does little but teach young people to become consumers and cogs in the industrial machine. This is the book for the relatives who are skeptical when you tell them you’re homeschooling, or just to remind yourself why you and your children have left the schools behind. (and I know, because I was the book’s original editor and publisher!)