Words matter. These are the best Daniel Greenberg Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
And they understand that to be an effective member of a democracy, you have to accept responsibility.
Technology will eventually destroy the way schools are run now.
So, I see technology as a Trojan Horse: It looks like a wonderful thing, but they are going to regret introducing it into the schools because it simply can’t be controlled.
We’ve been doing this here since 1968, so we have been identified as an example of a free, democratic school, and many professors want to expose their students to our philosophy.
Some go on to trade schools or get further training for jobs they are interested in. Some go into the arts, some are craftsmen, some take a little time out to travel, and some start their own businesses. But our graduates find and work at what they want to do.
I’ll tell you what the real problem is: These people are working under the assumption that they know better about what is good for kids, what kids need to learn to get ahead in this world.
Kids are finding out about the potential for discovery online from other sources; many of them have computers at home, for instance, or their friends have them.
But, if you observe children learning in their first few years of life, you can see that they can and do learn on their own – we leave them alone to crawl, walk, talk, and gain control over their bodies. It happens without much help from parents.
Just the concept of personal freedom within a democracy, for instance, is a relatively young idea – only about 300 years old in this country.
I’m not too worried about that. I am a big believer in modeling.
If you watch young children play, you will notice that they create games, characters, situations, whole worlds in which they immerse themselves with intense concentration.
