Two stories from England about how schools mess up kids, these are full of great quotes :-)
Sample quotes:
I offer these examples as proof of my point: as a method of delivering education, school is overrated. This was Bertrand Russell's view. "Men are born ignorant, not stupid," he wrote. "They are made stupid by education."
Robert Louis Stevenson was of the view that "full, vivid, instructive hours of truantry" were a better education than sitting in a classroom having information drummed into your mind by Gradgrinds intent on producing obedient wage slaves.
Sample quotes:
I offer these examples as proof of my point: as a method of delivering education, school is overrated. This was Bertrand Russell's view. "Men are born ignorant, not stupid," he wrote. "They are made stupid by education."
Robert Louis Stevenson was of the view that "full, vivid, instructive hours of truantry" were a better education than sitting in a classroom having information drummed into your mind by Gradgrinds intent on producing obedient wage slaves.
Idle parenting means happy children
Last Updated: 12:01am GMT 16/02/2008
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Cancel all clubs, ditch the after-school activities and leave those kids alone, urges Tom Hodgkinson
The idle parent: the less school, the better
Last Updated: 12:01am GMT 15/03/2008
Tom Hodgkinson says the idea that school is good for us doesn't bear examination
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