As a teacher I’m not a big fan of homework. I know its a big, bold statement but I remember all the times when my teachers gave me useless homework assignments. The job of the assignment was to keep me busy, not to get me thinking. The Weekly Thought this week had to do with [...]
Wednesday Wisdom
“The point is to develop the childlike inclination for play and the childlike desire for recognition and to guide the child over to important fields for society. Such a school demands from the teacher that he be a kind of artist in his province.” ~Albert Einstein
When your kiddo is little, there’s nothing that they won’t talk to you about. I’ve seen many parents blush when confronted with frank questions from their little peanuts. Fast-forward ten years, and you’ll see the very same parent with the same kid (now a teenager), and they miss it. The same kids that made them [...]
Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education. Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both. ~Abraham Flexner
I grew up without cable. And the local TV shows I watched were pretty limited (According to mom, Bart Simpson was too disrespectful, and Doogie Howser too racy). Maybe that’s one of the reasons I never really hopped on the pop-culture train. Which is pretty unusual for someone raised in LA. When I visit my [...]
Good teachers and parents are kind of like good comedians. This is how you can sniff them out. Good teachers and parents: “. . . want you to listen and pay attention, because they want you to relate, because they want you to think, because they want you to get angry, because they want you [...]
Educators and architects preserve children’s freedom.-Amelia Gambetti. (Villetta School- Reggio Emilia, Italy)
“If a child is bored, that means that they’re having some time to sit and think, ‘What can I do next,’ and that’s a valuable skill.” -Maureen O’Brien, Ph.D. child development specialist
