Reading time is over. Turn to page six in your math workbook. In our class, children are given individual work contracts, with daily and weekly assignments chosen by a teacher. The children must watch the clock and pace themselves. They are free to spend the time they need to produce a quality product, but not free to fool around or miss their deadlines.
Every work is checked by a teacher every day.
Most elementary schools do not prepare children for higher education. College students need to be responsible for planning their study time. They need to read books on their own and judge whether they understand well enough to pass a test. They need to meet long-term project deadlines, gathering resources for their research and writing papers without help. Many students have learned so well the lessons of passivity that they simply are not prepared to meet these challenges.