John Taylor Gatto defined, as follows, the objectives of a curriculum, as instilled in certain elite educational establishments, which provides an enduring and desirable foundation for young people:
1. Theory of Human Nature
2. Act of Literacy - writing and public speaking
3. Insight into Major Institutional Forms
4. Exercises into all Forms of Good Manners and Politeness
5. Independent Work
6. Energetic Physical Sport - confers grace
7. Theory of Access to any Workplace or Person
8. Responsibility - as an utterly fundamental part of the curriculum
9. Arrival at a Personal Code of Standards - behaviour and morality
10. Familiarity with the Creative Arts
11. Power of Accurate Observation and Recording
12. Ability to Deal with Challenges of All Sorts
13. Habit of Caution in Reasoning to Conclusions
14. Constant Development and Testing of Judgement
