John Taylor Gatto asks the question, "do we really need school?" Gatto believes that school is ruining kids, and that we don't really need it. Although, that doesn't mean we don't need an education. " I don't mean education, just forced schooling: six classes a day, five days a week, nine months a year, for twelve years. Is this deadly routine really necessary?" This reminds me of Ray Bradbury's thoughts in Fahrenheit 451 because of how the government thinks that they don't need books. They still know how to read and write, and they read certain things, but books are not necessary. Captain Beatty reminds me of Gatto. "I've read a few books in my time, to know what I was about, and the books say nothing!" (pg. 62) Also, how Gatto says school states that school is boring and Beatty says that "...our civilization is so vast that we can't have our minorities upset and stirred." (pg. 58) They both state the reason for why those things shouldn't exist. Obviously, in Fahrenheit 451, life without books is pointless. And school. Their claims make sense and good points, but it is useless to try and persuade that school is not necessary (and I hate routine). Along with books as well, even though it is a fictional story.
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