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August 23, 2012

“Daddy, why would anyone want to become a scientist?” I felt like taking that book & ripping it apart.

Conventional, Knowledge-based Education crushes Curiosity.

We have two choices, when it comes to what to do with these remarkable children full of dreamlike wonder at the universe they’ve inherited: we can teach them facts and figures and knowledge, or we can teach them the vital importance of ‘why.’ ~ ed.

This:

…reminds me of this:

For more: contemplative education.

For more: Waldorf.

 

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