Sudbury education?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems like a child lead education would result in tremendous gaps in a person's education. If you had asked me as a kid what I wanted to do all day at sudbury type school I probably would have spent a lot of time reading novels or doing arts and crafts or playing games. I don't think I would have gotten enough of an education in science, math or grammar.

Wouldn't you have started to work on learning those things once you realized you needed them? It's not a problem to not know something until the lack of knowledge is causing an issue, right?

But how do you know when you have a gap in your own education? How do you know what you do not know?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems like a child lead education would result in tremendous gaps in a person's education. If you had asked me as a kid what I wanted to do all day at sudbury type school I probably would have spent a lot of time reading novels or doing arts and crafts or playing games. I don't think I would have gotten enough of an education in science, math or grammar.

Wouldn't you have started to work on learning those things once you realized you needed them? It's not a problem to not know something until the lack of knowledge is causing an issue, right?

But how do you know when you have a gap in your own education? How do you know what you do not know?

When you're trying to do something specific and realize you lack one or more necessary skills or knowledge sets? You don't need a fact or a skill until you need it. If the absence of knowledge isn't causing an issue, it's not yet essential for you.