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“The hardest part about gaining any
new idea is sweeping out the false idea
occupying that niche. As long as that niche
is occupied, evidence and proof and logical
demonstration get nowhere. But once the
niche is emptied of the wrong idea that
has been filling it, once you can honestly
say, ‘I don’t know,’ then it becomes possible
to get at the truth.”
—Robert A. Heinlein
“What children learn does not follow as
an automatic result from what is taught,
rather, it is in large part due to the
children’s own doing, as a consequence
of their activities and our resources.”
—Loris Malaguzzi
to understand that
…
any learning endeavor
depends primarily
on them.
Only when we make a payment through
effort do we receive something real
and permanent. What we receive, then,
is commensurate with our effort, and
everything we really possess we have
earned. If we do not help our children
move toward internal self-determination,
we move them toward external
dependency.