Monday, January 2, 2012

What if school...

What if:

What if there was a school where all the teachers were kids, and all the students were adults? The adult students are a cross-section of society, some educated, some not, chosen the same way juries are chosen. It's the kids' job to impart knowledge to the adults, and the kids get to evaluate how well the adults retained that knowledge.

What if:

What if schools banned books? (Computers would also be banned.) And instead of spending money on teaching materials of any kind, double the number of teachers, and just have the teachers have a conversation with the kids. Three hours in the morning, and three hours in the afternoon, just talking. No topic is mandated, because over the year, eventually you'll cover enough topics.

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