He only wanted to paint. We can t understand the majority of kids who have the diagnosis of ADHD completely without examining our schools. Our nation s best and brightest must excel in science and math if we are to maintain our dominance in technology and business. Every student in the country is, therefore, expected to learn certain material by the end of each school year. There is little room for genuine diversity.
Students are akin to machines, taking in certain information so they can move along in the system.
Education s mechanization has removed the human heart. Required curriculum has become the master, replacing genuine enthusiasm when necessary. A teacher may follow the interests of a class, but the material covered can t go too far astray. Teaching in an unorthodox fashion faces these same strict limits. Our current method of educating children began near the turn of the twentieth century when our nation was still expanding its borders and we were struggling to assimilate millions of immigrants from all over the world.