http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/apr/11/right-way-to-raise-children
Interesting article about whether 'tough love' or 'infinite love' is the best way to get through to inner city school drop outs. Some interesting comparisons to non-coercive education can be made.
The one statement that stands out to me and seems to sum up why the problems in education are constantly perpetuated is this:
'...I began to wonder why, having survived a disciplinarian childhood that had made them so angry, they thought the solution lay in recreating it.' (talking about Ray Lewis' militaristic method of educating violent young black kids).
Saturday, 18 April 2009
Infinite Tolerance vs Zero Tolerance
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That sums up my questions about the problems in education, but not why they are perpetuated - why do you think people who experienced a disciplinarian childhood are inclined to recreate it?
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