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I spent many years within the American educational system: elementary school, middle school, high school, undergrad, graduate school. My primary complaint was (and is) that students who honestly want to learn, and love to learn, shouldn't be placed in an environment where competition with other students is the primary focus. This was especially true in grad school, where it seemed to me that some classes were specifically designed to weed out students that the university considered unfit.
I recently signed up for a lecture at a college I have never visited before:
http://www.ncf.edu/about/index.html
What is delightful about this college is
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OK, enough ranting for today.
I recently signed up for a lecture at a college I have never visited before:
http://www.ncf.edu/about/index.html
What is delightful about this college is
Quote:
YES! This is what education should be! We should teach our children to love learning and then let them loose, not subject them to wave after wave of standardized testing to ensure that they've absorbed those precious little memes that the authorities have deemed valuable.Non-graded, narrative evaluations encourage exploration and mastery instead of competition.
OK, enough ranting for today.
