Agree with Gatto?

Reading Gatto's piece I first agreed with it wholeheartedly. Boredom is definitely something that affected every level of school I've been through, where only the occasional teacher or student managed to beat the odds and stay interested. Gatto also made me think about how school prepares us to be followers and to be safe and controllable citizens. This is understandable and believable, but could also only be a side effect of the incredibly systematic approach. Where I started to disagree with Gatto is when he said that the adults produced by the school system are not full adults. While they may not  have adequate real world skills, Gatto says that they are not complete in that they are still in many ways childish, and that they are subjected to and compliant with things that should insult complete adults. By presenting examples he only manages to produce points to be used against his argument. He is likely to hold himself to what he believes is a higher standard of maturity, and that situations he is upset about, such as the incident that occurred during his medical leave, are examples of how other immature adults are that way as a result of their education. He says it is unreasonable that one should be expected to pay for content to watch or use after paying for his television or computer, which only goes to show a lack of understanding for how the platform works. It's like buying a house and expecting your purchase to include a suite of furniture, even if the cost of the furniture was not included. He ends by bringing up David Farragut and Benjamin Franklin as examples of what can be done in childhood, and that the childhood of children should never be extended longer than absolutely necessary. Before I spend too long finding a better way to think about it I'll just say that I don't agree with his binary approach between childhood and adulthood, and his negativity regarding childhood.