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...She was silent for
a minute or two, perhaps remembering her own generally unhappy
schooling. Then she said thoughtfully, "You know, kids really like to learn;
we just don't like being pushed around.
this just breaks my heart

When Anna was in the
sixth grade, the year after she was in my class, I mentioned this idea to her.
After describing very sketchily how such a school might be run, and what
the children might do, I said, "Tell me, what do you think of it? Do you
think it would work? Do you think the kids would learn anything?" She said,
with utmost conviction, "Oh yes, it would be wonderful!" ...

We always find out,
too late, that we don't have the experts we need, that in the past we studied
the wrong things; but this is bound to remain so.

our education system was, and very probably is, fucked.

"For heaven's sake, stay out of
the classroom until you have got over some of your fear of the world. Do
something else first. Travel, live in different places, do different kinds of
work, have some interesting experiences, get to know and like yourselves a
little better, get that seated expression off your faces! Or your teaching will
be a disaster.

...
at something, as they once grasped at everything, with all their minds and
senses; they forget how to deal positively and aggressively with life and
experience, to think and say, "I see it! I get it! I can do it!"