One of the mysteries of life for me is why we have designed school in such a way that it requires children to do so many things which are very hard for them - and which become much easier in adulthood.
My older son turns 9 tomorrow. He loved school until Year 2. He’s slowly become more convinced he can’t keep up with everything on the whiteboard. Now he’s in Year 4 & told me doesn’t like staring at the whiteboard. I took him for an eye test. He told me his eyes were fine. He just doesn’t like school anymore.
I love this: Children aren’t built to sit still and absorb information. They are built to keep moving and playing. To hang upside down and climb on the roof. To dream and shout and talk all the time.
Always a joy to read your unique articles. I'm starting to enjoy the journey of unschooling and trying to get some guidance from your courses and webinars, though I must confess the transition is giving me a hard blow of the mind since the decision has always been difficult to take but the kids can say No in our house💕
I would assume you would be the first one to demonstrate for us how that’s done for say 10 years. You can demonstrate your new theory of what should be done and how. Oh wait, you have no real ideas, just a criticism. What a surprise.
You may criticize anything you wish but just criticism is just wind but that’s the problem with internet communications. No back ground(I could be an ogre), which school in what particular school are we talking about. There ate something on the order of 2000 school districts in the US. There are a wide variety of teaching methods and teacher and students. A general statement can be made but it effects nothing. If you have an idea you can share it with your opinion, otherwise no one takes it seriously.
Brilliant (As always).🙏🏻
Spot on. Love this.
No mystery, although I think your question is rhetorical ;) School is the first step in the capitalist economy, which requires conformity and control.
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My older son turns 9 tomorrow. He loved school until Year 2. He’s slowly become more convinced he can’t keep up with everything on the whiteboard. Now he’s in Year 4 & told me doesn’t like staring at the whiteboard. I took him for an eye test. He told me his eyes were fine. He just doesn’t like school anymore.
Completely agree
I love this: Children aren’t built to sit still and absorb information. They are built to keep moving and playing. To hang upside down and climb on the roof. To dream and shout and talk all the time.
Always a joy to read your unique articles. I'm starting to enjoy the journey of unschooling and trying to get some guidance from your courses and webinars, though I must confess the transition is giving me a hard blow of the mind since the decision has always been difficult to take but the kids can say No in our house💕
I would assume you would be the first one to demonstrate for us how that’s done for say 10 years. You can demonstrate your new theory of what should be done and how. Oh wait, you have no real ideas, just a criticism. What a surprise.
Just because someone doesn’t have ideas (and who is to say the author doesn’t anyway?) doesn’t mean you can’t criticise a system.
You may criticize anything you wish but just criticism is just wind but that’s the problem with internet communications. No back ground(I could be an ogre), which school in what particular school are we talking about. There ate something on the order of 2000 school districts in the US. There are a wide variety of teaching methods and teacher and students. A general statement can be made but it effects nothing. If you have an idea you can share it with your opinion, otherwise no one takes it seriously.
Spot on!!