School's Out

Sarah talked with me about who meaningful adults were in her life and how schooling impacted her. She shares her concerns about the way students are treated in schools and that teachers do not often model respectful communication.

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Have you ever felt that your creativity isn't or wasn't valued in school?

Why is that? Is it enough to put a few paintings on the wall and say that we value creativity? What kind of message does that send to students?

What can you do about it?

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You ever wonder why we become and behave the way we do? I think it has a lot to do with our environment. And I'm not just talking about what materials we have access to, but the way we are talked to and about while we mature.

Thanks for listening! Read the article here: https://www.philipmott.com/2018/08/20/your-environment-helps-create-you/

I define schooling as the coercive method by which teachers and parents employ to get students to learn things they, for one reason or another, don't want to learn. I describe seven things that adults do that tends to stop students from engaging in meaningful learning: nagging, criticism, punishments, bribes, complaining, and threatening.

If you're a young person you'll likely be nodding your head in agreement throughout the whole episode.

Read the article here! https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/seven-ways-schooling-can-block-your-desire-learn-philip-mott/