Daniel Greenberg Quotes

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• And they understand that to be an effective member of a democracy, you have to accept responsibility.
• But, if you observe children learning in their first few years of life, you can see that they can and do learn on their own…
• But, neither of these educational scenarios worked for us, so when we started a family, we wanted a different school for our children. And the…
• Educators are still spending way too much time trying to control what kids learn, bending the content to their own purposes, hoping beyond hope to…
• I followed the rules, and I was a high achiever.
• I think people with open minds will observe the way we do things and realize that our goal is to have successful, happy, productive adults,…
• If you watch young children play, you will notice that they create games, characters, situations, whole worlds in which they immerse themselves with intense concentration.
• Just the concept of personal freedom within a democracy, for instance, is a relatively young idea - only about 300 years old in this country.
• Kids are finding out about the potential for discovery online from other sources; many of them have computers at home, for instance, or their friends…
• Some go on to trade schools or get further training for jobs they are interested in. Some go into the arts, some are craftsmen, some…
• Technology will eventually destroy the way schools are run now.
• When kids play, they are working on imagining the kind of world we live in.
• Whenever culture has gone through a radical change, as ours has - from industrial age to information age - there are people who will deny…
• Quite a few, actually, are involved in education. They have had the same experience Hanna and I had: when they started having their own kids,…
• So, I see technology as a Trojan Horse: It looks like a wonderful thing, but they are going to regret introducing it into the schools…
• I'll tell you what the real problem is: These people are working under the assumption that they know better about what is good for kids,…
• I'm not too worried about that. I am a big believer in modeling.
• In traditional schools, you're penalized for making a mistake. But that won't work in the new information culture, in the digital world we live in…
• We've been doing this here since 1968, so we have been identified as an example of a free, democratic school, and many professors want to…
• You can't make someone learn something - you really can't teach someone something - they have to want to learn it. And if they want…

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