The world we live in is designed to keep people who have power in power and those who don't have power, powerless. As we travel through our respective schools, one thing remains hidden from those who attend it. What remains hidden is their true intention regarding the school system. Why do people with power go to school in the United States and most countries around the world. John T. Gatto talks about true intentions outside of school in his essay “Against School.” He says the school system is supposed to produce well-behaved students who are ready to start working. Other school systems are designed to make students feel alone and weak so that most will follow the group. Some, however, do not follow the group as in the case of Richard Rodriguez in his essay “The Fulfillment of Desire”. He is isolated from his family and most of his classmates for most of his college career. This happens to a lot of students, but more so in high school these days. If they wanted what was best for us, they shouldn't just assume they know what we want in our school system. They could change our schooling so we can do what we love to do. James P. Gee and Elisabeth R. Hayes discuss this concept in their essay “Language and Learning in the Digital Age.” Those in power could use passionate affinity spaces to teach us what we want to learn. Making us learn what we want to learn will make us want to learn it. The way we should teach our students and the way we actually teach them does not help or teach our students anything. The American education system is broken, but it can be easily fixed with modern technology. With all the video games available it's not hard to know what kids are doing, just ask them what games they like... middle of paper... the only thing we know is The world sucks and we don't know how to fix it. If we can make a change and let people learn what they want to learn and not force them to jump through hoops to learn it, we will have more people wanting to learn, wanting to get better and not just wanting to get out of it. Works Cited Gatto, John T. "Against the School." Rereading America: Cultural Contexts for Critical Thinking and Writing. Ed. Gary Colombo, Robert Cullen and Bonnie Lisle. 8th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2010. 148-55. Print.Gee, James P. and Elisabeth R. Hayes. Language and learning in the digital age. London: Routledge, 2011. 69-76. Print.Rodriguez, Richard. “The fulfillment of desire.” Rereading America: Cultural Contexts for Critical Thinking and Writing. Ed. Gary Colombo, Robert Cullen and Bonnie Lisle. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2007. 202-15. Print.