 Inspire, not Require
If the purpose is to train leaders, it's important not to force the young person through their learning experiences. Force in learning kills the spirit, dampens the passion and destroys the zest and life of learning. Force trains followers, not leaders.
Unfortunately, most of us were conditioned to believe that if we aren't forced to learn, especially something like math or advanced science, we won't do it. In truth, force does teach lessons, but they are the wrong lessons. The negative lessons of force include:
- Do the bare minimum
- Learning means pleasing the authority figure
- Learning, schooling and studying are no fun
- Playing is when you don't have to learn
- To be a good student I have to study somebody else's interests
- My own interests must be pursued on my own time, and they aren't as valuable as the "accepted" topics of study
- If nobody is making me study, I'd rather be entertained than learn
The list could go on, but the point is that force is a bad method of incentivizing or encouraging learning. Wise parents and teachers learn to inspire their students to intensive self-study, instead of requiring them to follow a pre-formulated curriculum.
 Just as the Core must be maintained throughout a lifetime, so must the Love of Learning be cultivated through persistent exposure to inspirational and trans-formational mentors and classics.
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Do you know what today is?
- What article of clothing was born in Italy, named in France and is now quintessentially American?
- Beethoven said: "_______is the greatest composer who ever lived. I would bare my head and kneel at his grave."
What plague did this man wish to banish from the earth?
That's quite a tall tale!
They just don't make'em like they used to....
Not the kind of lantern that usually comes to mind. And if you think this is the end of the riddles, you don't know what this image has to do with This Week in History....
For the answer to these riddles, history, educational resources and ideas for activities and discussion, visit This Week in History.
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