Small reflection of the year 2014, already entered in the second decade of the 21st century.
We talk about innovation in education, of accompanying children in their learning process, of the paradigm shift, of being creative and letting children be creative. None of this occurs in practice.
The schools of the 21st century remain the same as those of the 19th century. Parents are convinced that their role in the education and training of their children is minimal. The paradox that occurs in this regard is maximum because the law establishes that they are the first legal responsible for the education of the minors under their care and face it for this before the authorities, but in the first The state is the one that stops power in every way through supposedly `` protective '' laws and local regulations that go against international human rights declarations and nullify individual freedoms and responsibilities.
Citizens have been disempowered in a legal and gradual way that at this time few parents believe they can take care of their children's education without problems (and, already put, few people think they can have their own work stable and that allows them to be autonomous).
The interesting thing is that where this disempowerment is most reflected is in the field of education and, to a lesser extent, in the field of health, economy, etc.
The other day they asked me how I do to take care of the education of my children, how I am able to take it forward without the help of schools (!).
I replied: Very simple. I try to be a modern mother of the 21st century, practical, well informed, hardworking, affectionate and with good communication with my children. In short, all this results in their education. And I honestly don't think that they need to go to institutions to get educated. They need to have adults willing to listen, to answer, to let explore and search and make mistakes. They need to live life, not be locked in classrooms.
My friends amazed at my apparent herej a : How I need not go to school to educate? How are they going to learn differently?!? The parents are not prepared for that.
And I, a little tired: Let's see. To stay healthy, do you have to go to the doctor or hospital DAILY? To eat well, do you have to go to the dietitian, the restaurant or the canteen DAILY? To be well dressed, do you have to go to the tailor DAILY? If this is so, what values of autonomy are we teaching our children? Where is your freedom of choice and personal capacity to learn to take care of yourself? Do we not do the same as the one who gave fish to the poor DAILY instead of teaching them ONCE to fish so that they can be independent and self-employed in their diet and daily sustenance? What is the help we offer our children when we don't let them learn on their own? Is it not true that all this leads to a certain dependence on institutions or authorities? Is this what we want for our children? And if we don't want it, do you think that after spending ALL your childhood and adolescence depending on some institutions then you will suddenly be able to take care of yourself, to be autonomous? And why are parents not prepared? Are you not living your own adult life? They have grown, they have had their learning, they have been able to father the children, take care of them and feed them while they were babies, to teach them a lot of important notions and activities. If they have been able to do that, they can also do much more. We are living in the 21st century, technology now allows us to learn and inform ourselves better than ever in the history of mankind. How can we not teach and accompany our children in their learning? The important thing is to learn, explore with the children, learn with them. It is the best lesson parents can give their children. And for that you don't have to go to a school.
Small reflection of the year 2014, already entered in the second decade of the 21st century.
We talk about innovation in education, of accompanying children in their learning process, of the paradigm shift, of being creative and letting children be creative. None of this happens in practice.
The schools of the 21st century remain the same as those of the 19th century. Parents are convinced that their role in the education and training of their children is minimal. The paradox that occurs in this regard is maximum because the law establishes that they are the first legal responsible for the education of the minors under their care and give their faces for it to the authorities, but in practice it is the state that stops power in every way through supposedly "protective" laws and local regulations that go against international human rights declarations and nullify individual freedoms and responsibilities.
Citizens have been disempowered in a legal and gradual way that at this time few parents believe they can take care of their children's education without problems (and, already put, few people think they can have their own stable work and that allow them to be autonomous).
The interesting thing is that where this disempowerment is most reflected is in the field of education and, to a lesser extent, in the field of health, economy, etc.
The other day they asked me how I do to take care of the education of my children, how I am able to take it forward without the help of the schools (!).
I replied: “Very simple. I try to be a modern mother, of the 21st century, practical, well informed, hardworking, affectionate and with good communication with my children. In short, all this results in his education. And I honestly don't think that they need to go to institutions to get educated. They need to have adults willing to listen, to answer, to let explore and search and make mistakes. They need to live life, not be locked in classrooms. ”
My friends amazed at me - apparent - "heresy": "How do you not need to go to school to educate?!? How will they learn differently?!? The parents are not prepared for that. ”
And I, a little tired: “Let's see. To stay healthy, do you have to go to the doctor or hospital DAILY? To eat well, should we go to the dietitian, the restaurant or the canteen DAILY? To be well dressed, do we have to go to the tailor DAILY? If this is so, what values of autonomy are we teaching our children? Where is your freedom of choice and personal capacity to learn to take care of yourself? Do we not do the same as the one who gave fish to the poor DAILY instead of teaching them ONCE to fish so that they can be independent and self-employed in their diet and daily sustenance? What is the help we offer our children when we don't let them learn on their own? Is it not true that all this leads to a certain dependence on institutions or authorities? Is this what we want for our children? And if we don't want it, do you think that after spending ALL your childhood and adolescence depending on some institutions then you will suddenly be able to take care of yourself, to be autonomous? And why are parents not prepared? Are you not living your own adult life? They have grown, they have had their learning, they have been able to father the children, take care of them and feed them while they were babies, to teach them a lot of important notions and activities. If they have been able to do that, they can also do much more. We are living in the 21st century, technology now allows us to learn and inform ourselves better than ever in the history of mankind. How can we not teach and accompany our children in their learning? The important thing is to learn, explore with the children, learn with them. It is the best lesson parents can give their children. And for that you don't have to go to a school.
Source:
Being parents in the 21st century, by Sorina Oprean
