Comments on: Free Range Learning http://steve-olson.com/free-range-learning/ For People Pursuing Freedom Tue, 08 May 2012 11:19:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Steve http://steve-olson.com/free-range-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-5053 Steve Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:48:46 +0000 http://www.steve-olson.com/?p=319#comment-5053 Kelvin, Schooling is absolutely fear based. Ask any middle class parent of a teenager what causes them the most fear and stress - the possibility their child may fail at schooling. In our society success in school = success in life. At least that is the story we are told our whole lives. Any institution that is based on force and fear is ugly and destructive. We need to change the paradigm from success in schooling = success in life to success at learning = success in life, there are many ways to learn and schooling is one of the worst ways. Kelvin,

Schooling is absolutely fear based. Ask any middle class parent of a teenager what causes them the most fear and stress – the possibility their child may fail at schooling. In our society success in school = success in life. At least that is the story we are told our whole lives. Any institution that is based on force and fear is ugly and destructive. We need to change the paradigm from success in schooling = success in life to success at learning = success in life, there are many ways to learn and schooling is one of the worst ways.

]]> By: Kelvin Kao http://steve-olson.com/free-range-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-5054 Kelvin Kao Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:58:41 +0000 http://www.steve-olson.com/?p=319#comment-5054 That is so well-said. I guess that many may think schooling is important probably because they are worried that students themselves are not motivated and will need things pushed onto them. In that sense, schooling is sort of based in fear? That is so well-said. I guess that many may think schooling is important probably because they are worried that students themselves are not motivated and will need things pushed onto them. In that sense, schooling is sort of based in fear?

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