He lived during the renaissance .... take not of the way he was raised and his views on education:
Soon after his birth, Montaigne was brought to a small cottage, where he lived the first three years of life in the sole company of a peasant family in order to, according to the elder Montaigne, "draw the boy close to the people, and to the life conditions of the people, who need our help
He believed that a tutor should be in dialogue with the student, letting the student speak first. The tutor also should allow for discussions and debates to be had. Such a dialogue was intended to create an environment in which students would teach themselves. They would be able to realize their mistakes and make corrections to them as necessary.
Individualized learning was integral to his theory of child education. He argued that the student combines information already known with what is learned and forms a unique perspective on the newly learned information.[42]: 356 Montaigne also thought that tutors should encourage the natural curiosity of students and allow them to question things.[40]: 68 He postulated that successful students were those who were encouraged to question new information and study it for themselves, rather than simply accepting what they had heard from the authorities on any given topic. Montaigne believed that a child's curiosity could serve as an important teaching tool when the child is allowed to explore the things that the child is curious about.
Experience also was a key element to learning for Montaigne. Tutors needed to teach students through experience rather than through the mere memorization of information often practised in book learning.[40]: 62 : 67** He argued that students would become passive adults, blindly obeying and lacking the ability to think on their own.[42]: 354 Nothing of importance would be retained and no abilities would be learned**.[40]: 62 He believed that learning through experience was superior to learning through the use of books.[41] For this reason he encouraged tutors to educate their students through practice, travel, and human interaction. In doing so, he argued that students would become active learners, who could claim knowledge for themselves
If it weren't for the lure of the cool lunchbox (with thermos!), I would have resisted even the first day. I hated school for 90%+ of the time and still feel anxiety every fall when I see the school buses skulking through the streets, hunting children. I'm 55 years old!
Exactly. This is why I cringe when I hear elementary school teachers whining about things like their pay, their benefits, etc. Most kids up until the end of 6th grade absorb stuff like sponges. Also, it isn't that hard to keep the kids in check and civilized at that age ... the hormones and the like haven't kicked in yet ... the kids are far less likely to do the retarded things they'll do as teenagers (I speak from experience :-) :-) ).
Elementary school teaching jobs shouldn't require the set of credentials they require these days. Keep in mind that most teachers less than a century ago were housewives, single women, or nuns with no formal education. The USA's education system was much much much better then than now.
Moreover, people have to blow $50K or so to get an elementary teaching degree (thus forcing teachers to ask for salaries to pay that back). What government has morphed elementary school into is a fucking Greek tragedy though we are all well aware of why they did it.
Also, by the time 7th grade rolls around, many kids have an idea of what they like. Instead of focusing on what maintains their interest, they choose to force them into one-size-fits-all classes that will teach them absolutely NOTHING. This is why kids kind of check out in school. Their minds are not stimulated and they are smart enough to know that what they're subjected to is a total waste of time.
In my case, English was the prime example. I was forced to read and write about garbage fiction of which I had zero appreciation. All of that time was a total waste. I could have more than likely advanced my electronics/computer skills if I were "forced" to read and write about that stuff. Despite my loathing of English class, I did OK, but I fucking hated it ... I knew back then that courses like history and even geography were the classes where kids took their writing skills to the next level (starting around 7th grade).
Add all of that up and you start to understand why kids sit in classrooms for most of their first 18 years of life yet need even MORE education to start a career. Its both sad and disgusting not to mention a total waste of time and money.
Back when Dirt and I went to school I'd wager most of us kids wanted to be there, we wanted to learn, to get out of chores by reading riting and rithmeticing.
But you think it is being forced to be a slave, you say.....funny, that which set most of us Free enslaved you.
Did you experience schools in the past decade? Have you experienced common core?
Education now, is not even CLOSE to what it was 30 years ago.
It is exactly as the title describes it. Every single class is a "toe the line and use the formula" class. Absolutely no chance for critical thinking - it is actively shunned by the teachers and school administration
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_de_Montaigne
He lived during the renaissance .... take not of the way he was raised and his views on education:
Nice. Thanks!
not on day one but somewhere around 5th grade.... for sure
I knew by day one.
I was devastated when I heard that I had to go back the next day...
If it weren't for the lure of the cool lunchbox (with thermos!), I would have resisted even the first day. I hated school for 90%+ of the time and still feel anxiety every fall when I see the school buses skulking through the streets, hunting children. I'm 55 years old!
thats so funny that usually happens with new siblings like they stay???
Exactly. This is why I cringe when I hear elementary school teachers whining about things like their pay, their benefits, etc. Most kids up until the end of 6th grade absorb stuff like sponges. Also, it isn't that hard to keep the kids in check and civilized at that age ... the hormones and the like haven't kicked in yet ... the kids are far less likely to do the retarded things they'll do as teenagers (I speak from experience :-) :-) ).
Elementary school teaching jobs shouldn't require the set of credentials they require these days. Keep in mind that most teachers less than a century ago were housewives, single women, or nuns with no formal education. The USA's education system was much much much better then than now.
Moreover, people have to blow $50K or so to get an elementary teaching degree (thus forcing teachers to ask for salaries to pay that back). What government has morphed elementary school into is a fucking Greek tragedy though we are all well aware of why they did it.
Also, by the time 7th grade rolls around, many kids have an idea of what they like. Instead of focusing on what maintains their interest, they choose to force them into one-size-fits-all classes that will teach them absolutely NOTHING. This is why kids kind of check out in school. Their minds are not stimulated and they are smart enough to know that what they're subjected to is a total waste of time.
In my case, English was the prime example. I was forced to read and write about garbage fiction of which I had zero appreciation. All of that time was a total waste. I could have more than likely advanced my electronics/computer skills if I were "forced" to read and write about that stuff. Despite my loathing of English class, I did OK, but I fucking hated it ... I knew back then that courses like history and even geography were the classes where kids took their writing skills to the next level (starting around 7th grade).
Add all of that up and you start to understand why kids sit in classrooms for most of their first 18 years of life yet need even MORE education to start a career. Its both sad and disgusting not to mention a total waste of time and money.
Back when Dirt and I went to school I'd wager most of us kids wanted to be there, we wanted to learn, to get out of chores by reading riting and rithmeticing.
But you think it is being forced to be a slave, you say.....funny, that which set most of us Free enslaved you.
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Did you experience schools in the past decade? Have you experienced common core?
Education now, is not even CLOSE to what it was 30 years ago.
It is exactly as the title describes it. Every single class is a "toe the line and use the formula" class. Absolutely no chance for critical thinking - it is actively shunned by the teachers and school administration
Yes.
Yes, we threw it out of our schools.
The freedom to choose your path is the issue. Forced schooling, forced labor - anything forced results in the same effect.
John Taylor Gatto is an admitted Jesuit, so I'm on the fence about him, but his "Ultimate History Lesson" series of videos was a fantastic watch.