But when I got to school and tried to share learning with other students that was called cheating. The curriculum sent the clear message to me that learning was a highly individualistic, almost secretive, endeavor. My working class experience . There is no difference between living and learning . . . When we are most sure of what we are doing, we may be closest to being a bore.
Education is the acquisition of the art of the utilization of knowledge.
This an art very difficult to impart. Learning is a place where paradise can be created. Learning is not so much an additive process, with new learning simply piling up on top of existing knowledge, as it is an active, dynamic process in which the connections are constantly changing and the structure reformatted. These latter studies have been under something of a cloud in recent decades because their immediate utility is difficult to demonstrate. Cremin Since there is no single set of abilities running throughout human nature, there is no single curriculum which all should undergo.