Abstract:In 2003, the bookstore manager at the university came to me, book in hand, saying, "I just read this book I think would really resonate with you." I borrowed that book and began reading the same night, not putting it down until I finished at 3 a.m. The book was Herbert Kohl's (1991) I Won't Learn From You: And Other Thoughts on Creative Maladjustment, a collection of thought-provoking essays on topics related to how students handle being subjected to compulsory public education. The title essay is a powerful o… Show more
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