Bruce L. Smith
@numbalum89
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Editor, SDE/Self-Directed Democratic Schools advocate, Zen student
Columbia, MO
Joined August 2010
I created my Twitter account in 2010, though I've barely logged on, much less posted, since Elon took a wrecking ball to it. Now I've downloaded my data and am headed for bluer skies. .
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RT @heartyhuman: Two of the biggest lies they tell you in school are: 1) you can't learn without being taught, and 2) you need a high schoo….
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RT @heartyhuman: We worry too much about reading levels, potty training and messy rooms; and perhaps too little about living a happy life w….
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RT @NA_Dellsey: "We simply cannot understand why children so often don't show up to this place that they hate going to.".
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RT @bycourtneym: I've seen a lot of content about "teaching kids to be curious" and "helping them be full of wonder". The thing is you don'….
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RT @heartyhuman: Compulsory schooling is unjust. It is involuntary incarceration. It runs completely counter to the nature of childhood and….
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RT @bycourtneym: “The requirement that a child go to school, for about six hours a day, 180 days a year, for about ten years, whether or no….
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RT @heartyhuman: The available evidence suggests quite strongly that school is bad for children’s mental health. Of course, it’s bad for th….
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RT @heartyhuman: 'Compulsory' means 'forced' and force is violence, and what people call 'education' is violence against kids. To respond….
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“My mother taught me that reading is a kind of work, & that every paragraph merits exertion, & in this way, I learned how to absorb difficult books. Soon after I went to kindergarten, however, I learned that reading difficult books also brings trouble.”. ~ Hope Jahren, _Lab Girl_.
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"As soon as we associate reading a book with taking a test, we've missed the point."
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"I want children in school to find happiness. Not momentary fireworks, but the saturating joy of purpose and meaning in life. Not someday, but now, as children.".
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“'Did I say you could get back up?' said the stern 4th-grade instructor, who told her class there would be plenty of time to barricade themselves behind her desk after she finished assigning their fractions unit homework."
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RT @cblack__: I can’t fucking believe that in 2023 human beings still do this to little children. Thread:.
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