May 2, 2011
Show Topic: Education in America: Are Kids Really Learning?
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Show Intro:
Think about when you were a new parent. You couldn't wait for your baby to walk...to be potty trained. You are worried because your friends' kids walked when they were eight months...and your child was still crawling. Then he did. Same with potty training. Some kids learn early...some kids later. Thousands of life skills and nuances are learned. The little ones have eagerness with which they approach everything they learn
They're all different. From birth to five years old...children are not formally schooled. But they learn.
And what did WE do when they learned? We praised them. We rewarded them.
THEN...all of that stopped. You know where it stops? When it stops? All of that learning stopped the first day they....went to school.
Their learning is inhibited - for the next decade - through their formative years - by an adult society they won't fully participate in for more than a decade.
Today on Yesterday...Today and Tomorrow...we're looking at schools and how they're damaging our children.
