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The teacher might be talking about history or math, but what the students in a traditional classroom are learning is how to be students in a classroom. And they are learning it very well. They are learning how to take notes. They are learning how to surreptitiously communicate with peers. They are learning how to ask questions to endear themselves to authority figures. It is impressive, on one level, that we spend billions of dollars and innumerable hours creating this perfect, practice-based environment in which children’s abilities to sit still in classrooms are honed. …However, given that this model is economically running economies into the ground and obesity is a global epidemic, it may be time to collectively build and reward different skills.

Quote ID: 01345

Author

Clark Aldrich

Source

Unschooling Rules

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