The discipline, the law, is there precisely to save the child from the tyranny of circumstance, to allow the child a chance at not just being a pure victim of circumstance.
You nailed it. This is the central flaw of the Montessori method. The mind cannot handle infinite choices.
Reading this made me think of Leonardo Da Vinci, the true Renaissance man. Part of his genius was his lack of formal education. He was not told what to think, so he discovered it for himself. " There are those who see, those who see when shown, and those who cannot see."
Found this via John Carter. The last paragraphs brought to mind Ernst Junger's Forest Passage and K. Dabrowski's self-education and "third factor". Good stuff!
The discipline, the law, is there precisely to save the child from the tyranny of circumstance, to allow the child a chance at not just being a pure victim of circumstance.
You nailed it. This is the central flaw of the Montessori method. The mind cannot handle infinite choices.
The friends we find through this maelstrom we are in will be strong and lasting , I think.
There is no going back for some of us.
Reading this made me think of Leonardo Da Vinci, the true Renaissance man. Part of his genius was his lack of formal education. He was not told what to think, so he discovered it for himself. " There are those who see, those who see when shown, and those who cannot see."
I pray that I am someone who can see
Have you read any David Hicks?
Found this via John Carter. The last paragraphs brought to mind Ernst Junger's Forest Passage and K. Dabrowski's self-education and "third factor". Good stuff!