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 /VIEW-IMAGE/$File/view-image.png "Image information"){kind=small} They are bored because the things they are given to do are so trivial, so dull and make such limited and narrow demands on the wide spectrum of their intelligence, capabilities and talents. They are confused because most of the torrent of words that pours over them in school makes little or no sense. It often flatly contradicts other things they have been told, and hardly ever has any real relation to what they know - to the rough model of reality that they carry around in their minds. From the forward of the book How Children Fail by John Holt. This was written in 1964 but to a great degree I believe the argument still holds true today.
Book  Breaking Down the wall of Silence (1992  ) by Alice MillerTo Join the Waiting Child How Children Fail (1964 ) by John Holt How Children Learn (1967 ) by John Holt The Continuum Concept by Jean LiedloffIn Search of Happiness Lost The Drama of Being a Child (1987 ) by Alice MillerAnd the Search for the True Self Unconditional Parenting (Mar 2005 ) by Alfie KohnMoving from Rewards and Punishment to Love and Reason Category  Children [33 items]Document  Helping Children Prepare for their Work FutureAn Interview with Jo Singel by David Gurteen On Children by Kahlil GibranLink Alice Miller LibraryThe Natural Child Project Alice Miller Library The Liedloff Continuum NetworkMedia File  Video Resource: Fifty Lessons: Lesson of the Month Video: Egypt, Sinai, Kids from Dahab playingPerson  Alice Miller Psychotherapist Jean Liedloff Author John Holt (1923 - 1985) American EducatorQuotation  On destroying the love of learning in children by Alfie Kohn Author, Speaker & Educator On teachers and delusion by John Holt (1923 - 1985) American Educator On the curious child by John Holt (1923 - 1985) American Educator On the intelligence of a child. by Sigmund Freud (1865 - 1939) Austrian Psychologist On trying to force a child by John Holt (1923 - 1985) American Educator Our own system of trying to guess ... by Jean Liedloff AuthorWeblog Entry Thoughts on SchoolingGurteen Knowledge-Log, David Gurteen, 26 May 2004 Low-Cost Laptops for Kids in NeedGurteen Knowledge-Log, David Gurteen, 5 April 2005
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