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When children go to school, their natural learning stops. They become conditioned to learn in a top-down, static, conforming style that crushes their natural creativity. The teacher, regardless of how benevolent he or she may be, tells the child what to know, what to think, what to do. The child’s own opinions, interests, and unique developmental timetables are meaningless within the schooled context. Disconnected from their natural creative tendencies, their ability to self educate weakens. As they conform to the expectations of forced schooling, they stop seeking to learn and instead wait to be taught.

Quote ID: 03058

Author

Kerry McDonald

Source

Unschooled

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