The Pros And Cons Of Modern Schooling

Society struggles with conformity. We accept those who are normal and those who are alike, and usually discard the more unique individuals, but it is those unique individuals who are meant to change society. Modern schooling is corrupt, as it molds us from a young age to conform so that in the future we are easy to control, and Gatto claims that the corruption of the school system was created by architects of the system themselves. Gatto utilizes evidence from history and society to prove that modern day schooling is designed to control and limit the future of an individual.
Gatto claims that modern schooling is detrimental to society. He starts off by highlighting the goals set forth by the education reform in the early 1900s that developed
Gatto explains that our school system is heavily influenced by Prussian ideals, as they utilize “an educational system deliberately designed to produce mediocre intellects… and to ensure docile and incomplete citizens – all in order to render the populace ‘manageable’”. Gatto’s claims are supported by the historical influences of Prussian culture to prove that our system is no different, and the creators of our schools set up our institutions the same way to ensure a ‘manageable’ society. Gatto outlines the true ideals of our schools with six functions, as they are designed to produce students who obey authority, make each person alike so they are predictable and easy to manage, determine their role in society, determine their future based on their role to limit them, make the unfit undesirable to society, and produce a very small group of individuals who will lead and continue the cycle. These hidden ideals help ensure that society becomes one, manageable group that can be manipulated into doing anything. Gatto uses these ideals to prove that society is hurt by modern schooling because it limits the potential of an individual, which in turn, limits the potential of