The School and the Life of the Child

https://docs.google.com/document/d/15-D2dOFYW2HJKZX6sseP_5gzeBhq3i_nvMBgc5zgReg/edit?usp=sharing

“Think of the absurdity of having to teach language as a thing by itself” (page 49). This article talks about shifting the gravity of the education experience. That the life of the child should be what is most important in the education of the child. As to language this does seem absurd, yet I remember language being forced on me and others who didn’t want it. When I was younger and we had our reading levels assessed mine was higher than average, so I was forced to choose from a selection of books that didn’t really appeal to me. . .