Category: Education
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Seven things
Seven Things Kids Need to Hear -
Never Sent to School
Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality. -
Compulsion Obtains No Hold
Knowledge that is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind. -
Explore the Unknown
“If we continually try to force a child to do what he is afraid to do, he will become more timid, and will use his brains and energy, not to explore the unknown, but to find ways to avoid the pressures we put on him.” -
Unsatisfactory Foundation
It is our American habit, if we find the foundations of our educational structure unsatisfactory, to add another story or a wing. – John Dewey -
Living is Learning
“Living is learning and when kids are living fully and energetically and happily they are learning a lot, even if we don’t always know what it is.” -
Manufactory of Echoes
Education is a state-controlled manufactory of echoes. -
Unschooling explained
Unschooling explained
