"It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education."
This quote inspires a lot of thought regarding how rigid and unnecessarily structured the education system and topics of discussion have become. Immediately I am reminded of how English teachers force interpretation of novels, poems and other pieces of literature. While the desire to read is a common thing in the students in my Lit class, the adversity to forced interpretation of written art results in a decreased urgency to form those neuropathways in our adolescent minds (the lack of time with which to do so notwithstanding.)
This quote inspires a lot of thought regarding how rigid and unnecessarily structured the education system and topics of discussion have become. Immediately I am reminded of how English teachers force interpretation of novels, poems and other pieces of literature. While the desire to read is a common thing in the students in my Lit class, the adversity to forced interpretation of written art results in a decreased urgency to form those neuropathways in our adolescent minds (the lack of time with which to do so notwithstanding.)
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