Comments on: Another Unoffical Lesson Taught in School http://steve-olson.com/another-unoffical-lesson-taught-in-school/ For People Pursuing Freedom Tue, 08 May 2012 11:19:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jonha http://steve-olson.com/another-unoffical-lesson-taught-in-school/comment-page-1/#comment-5145 Jonha Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:45:15 +0000 http://www.steve-olson.com/?p=327#comment-5145 Hi Steve, Your blog has really inspired and motivated me to think higher, plan bigger and move faster. I've never found a blog so practical and really helpful. I pray that you continually bless the lives of your readers through your profound tips and ideas. Jonha Hi Steve,

Your blog has really inspired and motivated me to think higher, plan bigger and move faster. I’ve never found a blog so practical and really helpful. I pray that you continually bless the lives of your readers through your profound tips and ideas.

Jonha

]]> By: David Johnson http://steve-olson.com/another-unoffical-lesson-taught-in-school/comment-page-1/#comment-5142 David Johnson Wed, 20 May 2009 03:38:19 +0000 http://www.steve-olson.com/?p=327#comment-5142 This is Excellent. I loved this piece. I can remember being in high school with kids like this. It really is like life though. We do the things others are doing to fit in. It is like whether we like green or yellow based upon what everyone else says. There is a website that I heard of that deals with this whole fit in with the crowd issue. Check it out. testivar.com This is Excellent. I loved this piece. I can remember being in high school with kids like this. It really is like life though. We do the things others are doing to fit in. It is like whether we like green or yellow based upon what everyone else says. There is a website that I heard of that deals with this whole fit in with the crowd issue. Check it out. testivar.com

]]> By: Arp http://steve-olson.com/another-unoffical-lesson-taught-in-school/comment-page-1/#comment-5141 Arp Tue, 05 May 2009 13:15:25 +0000 http://www.steve-olson.com/?p=327#comment-5141 We the parents do have the ability to teach our kids the right stuff. It's much harder when kids are schooled as they are bombarded with influences, and I think conformity is practically a survival instinct. I remember being a school student and while I fancied myself a non-conformist, there was still a struggle with issues like if I looked or dressed right. Letting them grow outside the lemming-like environment and having the chance to grow into themselves is the way to go. The two big lessons that are reinforced in schools over and over are 1) be quiet and 2) do what you're told. There's a big difference being told what is right and wrong and being taught the tools to make that differentiation yourself. We the parents do have the ability to teach our kids the right stuff. It’s much harder when kids are schooled as they are bombarded with influences, and I think conformity is practically a survival instinct. I remember being a school student and while I fancied myself a non-conformist, there was still a struggle with issues like if I looked or dressed right.

Letting them grow outside the lemming-like environment and having the chance to grow into themselves is the way to go. The two big lessons that are reinforced in schools over and over are 1) be quiet and 2) do what you’re told. There’s a big difference being told what is right and wrong and being taught the tools to make that differentiation yourself.

]]> By: coolglow http://steve-olson.com/another-unoffical-lesson-taught-in-school/comment-page-1/#comment-5144 coolglow Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:02:51 +0000 http://www.steve-olson.com/?p=327#comment-5144 I agree with Cody. We, the parents, teach our kids wrong things. But it is not only us: it is our system, schools, and I need to say commercials. Commercials and TV make such an influence on us and our children that we base our values on things they want us to base. They tell us: "Yes, if you have money, and if you can spend money on stupid things we promote, than you are cool, you are the man, dude!" This makes us buy things we don't need, like buying that piece of paper which allows us to park 100 meters closer to school. But does it really make a difference? I agree with Cody. We, the parents, teach our kids wrong things. But it is not only us: it is our system, schools, and I need to say commercials. Commercials and TV make such an influence on us and our children that we base our values on things they want us to base. They tell us: “Yes, if you have money, and if you can spend money on stupid things we promote, than you are cool, you are the man, dude!” This makes us buy things we don’t need, like buying that piece of paper which allows us to park 100 meters closer to school. But does it really make a difference?

]]> By: Cody Dream-Life-Coaching http://steve-olson.com/another-unoffical-lesson-taught-in-school/comment-page-1/#comment-5140 Cody Dream-Life-Coaching Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:48:26 +0000 http://www.steve-olson.com/?p=327#comment-5140 One of the big factor in success though is having the ability to go against the norm, I'm sure it is tough for a teenager to do that but I bet the ones who are really going to succeed in a big way have no problem using the free parking lot. Only a very few will be shepherds, most will be sheep! One of the big factor in success though is having the ability to go against the norm, I’m sure it is tough for a teenager to do that but I bet the ones who are really going to succeed in a big way have no problem using the free parking lot. Only a very few will be shepherds, most will be sheep!

]]> By: Shawn Michel de Montaigne http://steve-olson.com/another-unoffical-lesson-taught-in-school/comment-page-1/#comment-5143 Shawn Michel de Montaigne Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:51:42 +0000 http://www.steve-olson.com/?p=327#comment-5143 Excellent. Thanks for this. I am a big, big fan of Gatto's, and will read the essay you posted. Hope this finds you well. Excellent. Thanks for this. I am a big, big fan of Gatto’s, and will read the essay you posted.

Hope this finds you well.

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