Review: Discovery
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 17, 2014
I have listened to all of the TED Talks posted by Sugata Mitra.  I find him to be wonderfully engaging and knowledgeable.  I thoroughly enjoyed this book, as with his talks, I wish it were a bit longer.  I have taught elementary school for many years in Texas.  I have watched as the joy of learning has been replaced by the drudgery of mandatory testing.  I retired from education because I could not make peace internally with what we are doing to children in the name of education.  I love Mr. Mitra's ideas, but have serious questions about how students would self organize to work toward a common cognitive goal.  What I saw in classrooms, across the suburban district where I taught, showed that we took bright inquisitive kindergarteners and successfully beat every urge for self directed learning from them by the 3rd grade.  I think I need to join the Granny Cloud to see children excited by learning.Please read this book if you are an educator or a parent.  Sugata Mitra's enthusiasm will encourage and enlighten you!