Have a Nice Day!

What other kinds of things do you think are an expression "after the fact" of natural things in the universe?

Which ones do they still cram down children's throats in school.

I know grammar and arithmetic are two. Are there others that I'm not thinking of?

What about the writing process? Is that the same, or is it just an easier way to learn how to express thoughts coherently?

Kristen
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Fetteroll

on 12/15/02 12:47 AM, Have a Nice Day! at litlrooh@... wrote:

> What other kinds of things do you think are an expression "after the fact" of
> natural things in the universe?

Unless I'm misunderstanding what you're asking, I think the way teachers
need to teach everything in school is like that. Is history a chronological
list of events? Is science a list of answers to how the universe works? Is
writing the mechanics of putting grammatical sentences on paper?

It's all a substitute for doing things for real meaning. A child's question
about society's treatment of African Americans leading to how our history of
slavery still affects us today is real. But since we can't teach or test
thinking, since we can't create an atmosphere that would guarantee that
children would ask the "right" questions, memorizing the dates of the Civil
War and the 10 main causes is a substitute for it.

Joyce

Have a Nice Day!

You know, you are right. I started thinking about it more after I posted.

Really understanding that makes it so much easier to let go of preconceived ideas of what kids "should" know at any certain point in their lives.

I like that.

Kristen


----- Original Message -----
From: Fetteroll
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Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 11:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Besides grammar


on 12/15/02 12:47 AM, Have a Nice Day! at litlrooh@... wrote:

> What other kinds of things do you think are an expression "after the fact" of
> natural things in the universe?

Unless I'm misunderstanding what you're asking, I think the way teachers
need to teach everything in school is like that. Is history a chronological
list of events? Is science a list of answers to how the universe works? Is
writing the mechanics of putting grammatical sentences on paper?

It's all a substitute for doing things for real meaning. A child's question
about society's treatment of African Americans leading to how our history of
slavery still affects us today is real. But since we can't teach or test
thinking, since we can't create an atmosphere that would guarantee that
children would ask the "right" questions, memorizing the dates of the Civil
War and the 10 main causes is a substitute for it.

Joyce


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