Wednesday 14 January 2015

If You Want to be Rich and Happy, Don’t Go to School Summary - Chapter 23

Chapter 23: If I Could Change the Schools

1.      Learning to learn is the key. And if your kids have forgotten how, it’s only because their knowledge of these primal processes has been chased into hiding by you or too much public schooling.
2.      Eleven points of change for education:
a.       Take your signal from the child, not the book. To help young people develop their own gifts, we need to learn how to recognize their differences (such as left or right brand, readiness to learn, how they take in information) and seek ways to provide each individual with the greatest opportunities for success.
b.      Stop setting the teachers up as both educators and executioners. Involve the individual student, parents, teachers and the entire class in the learning process.
c.       Teach generalized principles.
d.      Teach the principles of money, business and finance.
e.       Use music in teaching.
f.       Allow the students to leave the school at the age of 15 if they so desire, so they would free to explore the world with the understanding that they could come back when they were ready and willing.
g.      Teach more in less time.
h.      Use games to teach.
i.        Allow the students to choose the subjects that interested them – so they will realize that learning could actually be fun.
j.        Encourage lifelong learning through employment.

k.      Never force the kids to go to school. 


Chapter 24: Should I Send My Child To School?

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