Finished another 20 pages. I cannot agree more. The lines are for a mechanic but we can all see why we all fit in. That's also why we want to self study.
"His creative intelligence, stifled by too much theory and too many grades in college, would now become awakened by the boredom of the shop. Thousands of hours of frustrating mechanical problem would have him more interested in mechanical design. He would like to design machinery himself. He'd think he could do a better job. He would try modifying few engines, meet with success, look for more success, but feel blocked because he didn't have the theoretical information. He would discover that when before he felt stupid because of his lack of interest in theoretical information, he'd now find a brand of theoretical information which he'd have a lot of respect for, namely, mechanical engineering."
"So he would come back to our degreeless and gradeless school, but with a difference. He'd no longer be a grade-motivated person. He'd be a knowledge-motivated person. He would need no external pushing to learn. His push would come from inside. He'd be a free man. He wouldn't need a lot of discipline to shape him up......."
Word.
Tiger moms, read this. You are darn wrong. This is how human, and most importantly children should learn.
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