What Should Children Learn? Does It Even Matter?
Can I tell you a secret? It doesn’t really matter what children learn. It doesn’t matter what facts they memorise, what they […]
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What if They Ask to Go to School? Here’s Why They Probably Won’t.
I have four children. Currently aged 12, 10, 7, and 5. None of them have ever set foot in a classroom. And […]
How School Disempowers Children
I drove past a school recently and noticed the sign out the front that read something about ‘inspiring young minds’. A comforting […]
How School Breeds Fear and Anxiety
“There are very few children who do not feel, during most of the time they are in school, an amount of fear, […]
Shame-filled School
When I was 6 years old I missed a few days of school at the start of term because we were on […]
The Secret To Motivated Learners
There is a perception out there that children would not be motivated learners without force. That unless someone decides what they need […]