Changing Our Minds: How children can take control of their own learning

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The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Otherwise I would find that my writing became stilted and boring, that I ironed out my personality from the words in case it offended anyone. Children can - and do - take charge of their own learning and, with the right adult support, experience real education as opposed to narrow, test-driven schooling.

In addition, most of them spend their days in an environment which makes very specific competitive requirements of them, and over which they have almost no power.

As each tart went past, I would carefully place three segments, and then it would pass on to Sara, who was doing the kiwi pieces.

When I worked for Druckers, I could have been allowed to choose when I went on my break, or the speed I thought that the profiterole machine should be set at.

You will not be disappointed ― Blake Boles, author of Why Are You Still Sending Your Kids to School? Helpful to have been reminded of intrinstic motivation and the essential root problem that school turns us toward extrinsic motivation. We stop them from playing and actively exploring their interests, telling them it's more important to sit still and listen.