Tag: School

Is schooling absolutely necessary? [Article]

This will upset the apple-cart for a lot of folks – and that’s exactly why it’s worth a read:

Think about how we learn as adults: do we need to learn things by a certain time? Maybe, but only if that is tied to something real — you’re applying for a job that requires certain skills, or you’re working on a project that requires that you learn certain things. But most of the time, learning goes at your own pace, based on what you’re interested in and how much time you have and all kinds of other factors unique to your life situation. 

Then why do we insist that kids MUST learn certain things by the time they reach a certain age?

Human Dreamcatcher – An inspirational story [Link, Video]

Watch this video first:

What would become the Dream Model Street School began in 2001, with one blackboard, at home. Humaira taught ten friends of her age, seven of them girls. She started with the alphabet, in Urdu and English, and proceeded to the names of things. She supplied blank pages from her own notebooks, until it got her into trouble with her teachers. Then the friends went round asking people to donate paper, or bought scrap.

Humaira Bachal is in a class of her own