I followed the rules, and I was a high achiever. Daniel Greenberg More Quotes by Daniel Greenberg More Quotes From Daniel Greenberg I always had a lemonade stands [as a kid], and I shoveled snow [to earn money]. Daniel Greenberg us We hope, in a couple of years, that wires will exist no more and the Spiro X1 will be the new wire. Daniel Greenberg us And they understand that to be an effective member of a democracy, you have to accept responsibility. Daniel Greenberg accept you democracy responsibility But, if you observe children learning in their first few years of life, you can see that they can and do learn on their own - we leave them alone to crawl, walk, talk, and gain control over their bodies. It happens without much help from parents. Daniel Greenberg alone walk learning life But, neither of these educational scenarios worked for us, so when we started a family, we wanted a different school for our children. And the other founders felt the same way. Daniel Greenberg family children way school Educators are still spending way too much time trying to control what kids learn, bending the content to their own purposes, hoping beyond hope to change - by using technology - but not change too much. Daniel Greenberg technology change hope time I think people with open minds will observe the way we do things and realize that our goal is to have successful, happy, productive adults, and they will take our ideas and implement them elsewhere for their own children. Daniel Greenberg happy children people ideas I'll tell you what the real problem is: These people are working under the assumption that they know better about what is good for kids, what kids need to learn to get ahead in this world. Daniel Greenberg good you people world I'm not too worried about that. I am a big believer in modeling. Daniel Greenberg i-am about big modeling If you watch young children play, you will notice that they create games, characters, situations, whole worlds in which they immerse themselves with intense concentration. Daniel Greenberg will you play children In traditional schools, you're penalized for making a mistake. But that won't work in the new information culture, in the digital world we live in today. Daniel Greenberg you work today culture Just the concept of personal freedom within a democracy, for instance, is a relatively young idea - only about 300 years old in this country. Daniel Greenberg personal democracy freedom country Kids are finding out about the potential for discovery online from other sources; many of them have computers at home, for instance, or their friends have them. Daniel Greenberg finding computers friends home Quite a few, actually, are involved in education. They have had the same experience Hanna and I had: when they started having their own kids, they didn't want them to have a poor educational experience; they wanted them to enjoy school. Daniel Greenberg enjoy experience education school So, I see technology as a Trojan Horse: It looks like a wonderful thing, but they are going to regret introducing it into the schools because it simply can't be controlled. Daniel Greenberg horse regret technology looks Some go on to trade schools or get further training for jobs they are interested in. Some go into the arts, some are craftsmen, some take a little time out to travel, and some start their own businesses. But our graduates find and work at what they want to do. Daniel Greenberg training work time travel Technology will eventually destroy the way schools are run now. Daniel Greenberg will run technology way We've been doing this here since 1968, so we have been identified as an example of a free, democratic school, and many professors want to expose their students to our philosophy. Daniel Greenberg doing free philosophy school When kids play, they are working on imagining the kind of world we live in. Daniel Greenberg live kind play world Whenever culture has gone through a radical change, as ours has - from industrial age to information age - there are people who will deny that things have changed; they resist it and refuse to change. Daniel Greenberg change age culture people
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