Only a few lifetimes ago, things were very different in the United States. Originality and variety were common currency; our freedom from regimentation made us the miracle of the world; social-class boundaries were relatively easy to cross; our citizenry was marvelously confident, inventive, and able to do much for themselves independently, and to think for themselves. We were something special, we Americans, all by ourselves, without the government sticking its nose into and measuring every aspect of our lives…1
— John Taylor Gato, Dumbing Us Down
Our doubts are traitors
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to attempt.
— William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure
Download Meme
You are free to download and use 
's meme wherever you want (for non-commercial use only).
Please give credit and link back to the site.
Meme Transcription
I’m going back. You’ll never climb that.
Maybe not. But I’m gonna try.
Notes
- John Taylor Gatto, Dumbing us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling, Forward by Zachary Slayback, 2017, (first edition 1992), New Society Publishers, Gabriola Island, BC, Canada. pp. 10-11.
As censorship increases also consider using email and text messages to send links.
Leave a Reply