Granted! And not dismal, because sometimes it works.
Ray
-----Original Message-----
From: Clansgian AT wmconnect.com
To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 7:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] [SPAM] Re: [SPAM] Re: Schools
> Personally, I have spent many years trying to instill the desire to learn
> in my students.
Ray, my posit is this: There's no need to instill the desire to learn in a
child. He was born with that.
What happens in schools is like a waterhose with the spigot fully open.
Schools and schooling take up this hose and crimp it off, then relax it a
little
to let SOME water through and then view themselves as if they were the source
of the water.
I submit that what is really happening is that you are not instilling a
desire to learn, but rather trying to tear down the schooling induced blocks
to
learning.