Formal education isn't for everyone--Thomas Sowell

Excerpted from the Diane Rehm Radio Talk Show, Jan 13, 1993
Dr. Sowell discussed his new book about the failures of the U.S. education system, "Inside American Education". He stated that many education systems in the U.S. do not allow for different views and new ways of educating. Full interview available at the c-span video library.
"A person can no more be trained into a thinker by lecturing to him than he can into a gymnast." - Simon Newcomb