I began to realise that we have to sell our wares better, we have to help the pupils understand the joy and usefulness of each type of knowledge. The results were tabulated and distributed to all pupils. With the help of this material, and many discussions, we arrived at a curriculum content which the pupils agreed was important. The next step was to organise the material in such a way that each pupil can succeed, over and over, in every subject. Our regular school books contain an impossible amount of material in relation to the time available.
Teachers feel under pressure to communicate all of it, and instead communicate their stress.
So I decided to let each pupil pace him or herself. The material for each term and subject is divided into basic material and select material packages. A pupil can at any time ask to be tested on any package. He or she knows that full marks on the basic package will automatically give a pass mark in that subject. Anything higher than a pass mark requires one or more select packages.