True Education … ( 03 / 16 / 2011 )
True Education … ( 03 / 16 / 2011 )
“ True learning comes from a desire to satisfy curiosity , not from the docile effort to please a taskmaster . When so much of a child ’ s educational experience is teacherdirected and not curiosity-driven , you have a one-way ticket to boredom and failure .
This point is important : if a student loves a subject , the only teacher direction he / she needs is someone to help cover the basics and to have a balanced understanding of the material . Until the student develops curiosity and a desire to learn , no amount of homework will result in learning … In essence , we must have the courage to remember that children have nature-endowed drive towards creativity that will blossom as soon as we quit over-structuring their experiences .
The butterfly comes from the caterpillar ’ s cocoon . If we try to rush the cocoon along and pick at it , the butterfly will die . Similarly , if we try to rush the maturation of children by picking at their “ cocoons ”, we will only succeed in killing the children inside – the children that must fully experience being children before they can ever hope to fully become adults .” ~ inspired by Dalton Roberts
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