Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling 19th century Paul Oakley studied illustration and

Paul Oakley studied illustration and graphic design at Kingston University

- Start a fire for warmth and cooking

and a Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology

never knowing what lay beyond

The Ten Commandments

Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling 19th century Paul Oakley studied illustration andThe transformation of schooling from a twelve year jail sentence to freedom to learn. John Taylor Gatto's Weapons of Mass Instruction , now available in paperback, focuses on mechanisms of traditional education which cripple imagination, discourage critical thinking, and create a false view of learning as a byproduct of rote memorization drills. Gatto's earlier book, Dumbing Us Down , introduced the now famous expression of the title into the common