educational system paradigm shift...GO!

brilliant. it's forward thinkers like Sir Ken Robinson that we need at the head of this country's movers and shakers.

i think i first had a thought similar to this when reading Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close a few years ago. Here is a child, skipping school bc of the recent loss of his father. brilliant in that not only is he self-healing in an almost perfect fashion, but he is dodging time spent in a system that is so archaic and rigid that it suits almost no one anymore. He is exploring and discovering and solving a mystery that has meaning to him and figuring out what things matter to him and why!

of course, reading the Ishmael series only furthered these thoughts. it's times like these when i want to say "screw it!" and start teaching young kids and get them EXCITED about learning. about learning the RIGHT stuff. about being excited about things they like, and so much so that they take it upon themselves to learn and do more. this is why my friends are interesting. bc they've made time to think like this OUTSIDE of school. to become involved in LIFE, not in a system whose sole purpose is monetary gain (or rather "stability," of which our society has very little of right now).

LET'S ALL WAKE UP!



this is another man changing the way children learn and learn to love to learn. absolutely brilliant.
eggers