100% agree - spoon feeding our children "information" doesn't teach them to think.
When I was a teacher (private school) years ago, I set aside one-hour/week for my 4th grade students to choose an encyclopedia from our room (yes, we dinosaurs had those). I told them that I was certain they'd learn something - at least ONE thing - they never knew.
Their responses were always SO gratifying!
"Mrs*, I never knew this!"
"Mrs*, Did you know...?"
"Mrs*, This is amazing"
and so on.
I always told them, "You don't know what you don't know."
ha, I agree - we can see how "history" has changed! I have a personal library with the 1959 encyclopedia set that I grew up reading (yep, a nerd). I cannot part them them!
100% agree - spoon feeding our children "information" doesn't teach them to think.
When I was a teacher (private school) years ago, I set aside one-hour/week for my 4th grade students to choose an encyclopedia from our room (yes, we dinosaurs had those). I told them that I was certain they'd learn something - at least ONE thing - they never knew.
Their responses were always SO gratifying!
"Mrs*, I never knew this!" "Mrs*, Did you know...?" "Mrs*, This is amazing" and so on.
I always told them, "You don't know what you don't know."
Wish I had a set from the 1930's
ha, I agree - we can see how "history" has changed! I have a personal library with the 1959 encyclopedia set that I grew up reading (yep, a nerd). I cannot part them them!
Me, too! Wise decision!
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