Apr 03 2008
Snowflakes and Shrunken Heads
As fine as the intentions of the educational
system are, there is no such thing as a one-size-fits-all teaching system.
There is a balance to be found between the structured education and the
creativity and individualism of our children.
I’m getting a second education.
No, I haven’t gone back to school yet again. I’m watching,
through the keen eye of a parental observer, the experience my son has as he
walks his way through elementary school. I may be more skittish than most after
all, even in my most enlightened moments, I witness my son’s experience through
a lens that is colored by the memory of my own school days.