"I didn't want to teach my kid how to read, so I used to read to him at night and close the book at the most interesting part.  He said, “What happened then, daddy?”  I said, “If you learn to read, you can find out.  I'm too tired to read.  I'll read to you tomorrow.”  So, he had a need to want to learn how to read.  Don't teach children how to read.  Don't teach them mathematics.  Give them a reason to want it.  In school, they're working ass-backwards."

You may also like:

• 

  David Holmgren
  Writer

• 

  George Carlin
  Comedian

• 

  Jiddu Krishnamurti
  Writer

• 

  John Perkins
  Author

• 

  Larry King
  Radio host

• 

  Masanobu Fukuoka
  Farmer

• 

  Peter Joseph
  Filmmaker

• 

  R. Buckminster Fuller
  Architect

• 

  William McDonough
  Designer