School Ruined Everything

Does school suppress creativity? In my experience, yes. Here's a rant and a few stories.
Videos/Books I mentioned:
Seth Godin's interview - • Seth Godin on Reinvent...
Sir Ken Robinson's TED Talk - • Do schools kill creati...
"The Element" by Ken Robinson
"Stop Stealing Dreams: What is school for?" by Seth Godin seths.blog/wp-...
www.fabiocerpelloni.com

[@rethinkwithrudiano]

I am totally with you on this. I saw it in France and England. School basically aims at making us obedient to authority.Also I can remember 2 great teachers that inspired me. 1 English teacher and 1 Maths teacher.
The majority, no passion, no impact...

[@fabiocerpelloni]

It's a sad reality for many 😒

[@alalessia]

The thing about most things I "studied" in school is that I don't remember the vast majority of them. Just reading them without a teacher and without a test would've been similarly efficient. And the few things that we learned that were actually useful like practice writing a CV we didn’t get tested on anyway, so just.. add more of that. At least we'd actually be prepared for the soul crushing job life that awaits the majority of us .-. (I'll admit that certain things in maths were very very useful but they too could be taught more playfully and without the "university lecture" vibe)

[@twvea]

My era we had to take either home economics, wood/metal or auto shop or work in the school greenhouse.. By high school they had got rid of those programs and replaced with 'sociology' and 'womens studies'. 😢

[@ArtemHahauz-nm7bk]

The topic of school stifling children's creativity is definitely a lot of food for thought.
I think this episode was worth recording.
Greetings from Ukraine.
Keep up the great work, Fabio!

[@twvea]

Here in the US they keep changing the educational system.. Seems like the changes have political impetus. When young, most of my teachers engaged with us to teach a subject creatively, getting us involved. Taught our history, world history and civics (how our government was structured and worked.. But they made it fun mostly, we pretended or reenacted things, etc. We learned geography of our country, the world. Math, science and had to study a second language. Book reports, plays. Grades were, initially A-F. Somewhere in the 70's ny school gave Pass/FAIL only for some classes. Now, teacher shortages, few of the basic classes, kids ignore teachers and talk back to them a lot it seems. You should see the convoluted way of teaching basic math - the 'new math' so bizarre n takes ten times as long to calculate. Homeschooling has become a big choice in the last 20 years, exploding in the last five.. My nephews are home schooled and love it and seem to be quite seriously in to learning stuff that interest them apart from basics. The state requires them to take standard yearly tests. These boys are amazing what they know about lots of things. They play sports with some schools or on community teams and there are lots of large home school groups that get together and parents make sure kids can socialize, go on field trips together etc. Big subject. Bless you for choosing to teach. 😊

[@fabiocerpelloni]

Thanks so much for sharing this. Homeschooling is a great way to educate young generations, but sadly it's not a viable solution for most people. 😒

[@twvea]

​@@fabiocerpelloni Yes, my niece was occupational therapist full time before they made decision to homeschool. She reduced her hours three days a week to only 2 hrs each day, when the kids participate in upper maths classes given by former maths teachers in her large homeschool group. She works full Saturdays when the kids are with their Dad and the kids help her with their large garden/raises chickens for lots of eggs n she grows extra to sell through a small local home growers/meat producer shop open weekends in the area for additional income (plus the kids have become quite knowledgeable about growing food..) It's not easy n she doesn't make the same income but it's worth the stretch to them.

[@EmmaBennetAuthor]

I'm sure I've learned far more teaching my own children than I did in school.