RE: Grounding Tenet for Learning

Thank you, Sen. Vasconsellos.  You are right to say that we 
need to move away from top-down heirarchical approaches 
and instead inspire each student's innate instinct for 
learning.

Some of the most important questions our young people 
face as they grow up are questions that have more than one 
right answer.  How are we preparing them to face such 
questions confidently and enthusiastically?  It won't work if 
they're used to being told what to do every step of the way.

As I said before, rather than stuff children's heads with 
information, we need to develop their skills to seek out and 
critically evaluate information.  "A child's mind is not a 
vessel to be filled, but a fire to be ignited."  (Petrarch)