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The dynamic relationship between John Taylor Gatto and Hamza Yusuf was extraordinary: both men share a knowledge and enthusiasm for the subject matter, and a purity of intention, which left an indelible mark on every heart in the audience. In bringing you this production, we hope to share the wisdom of a special and most empowering weekend.

Quotes:

"If you force the intellectual development to begin prematurely, you are setting in motion something that has already been mapped out to occur at a certain time and in an organized and developed pattern. There is an unfolding taking place in the child's development and you should not hasten this unfolding anymore than you would want to hasten the unfolding of a flower" Paraphrased form Hamza Yusuf' lecture: classical vs. modern education.

"I am going to talk to you about childishness... and the real mystery of how America makes it a principle support of our economic and social order. Creating and enforcing childness is what American schooling has been about for a century" Paraphrased from John Taylor Gattos' talk: the short angry history of modern education.