Question 31 Answer: True

Few lack the ability to question authority more than those who have dedicated their lives to becoming authorities, particularly when they gained their authority by studying other authorities. Furthermore, if they were to openly question authority they would soon find themselves unemployed.

The central control of teaching limits every teacher to a strict curriculum from which they must not deviate or lose their job. Thus, even the "rebellious teachers" are nullified and must teach the system's lessons. Keep in mind that the bureaucracy has increased in power since Gatto's era and teaching is more tightly controlled now. The computerization of data and the advent of social media make it even easier to weed out those with heretical ideas and opinions.