"When we see that children everywhere are required by law to go to school, that almost all schools are structured in the same way, and that our society goes to a great deal of trouble and expense to provide such schools, we tend naturally to assume that there must be some good, logical reason for all this. Perhaps if we didn't force children to go to school, or if schools operated much differently, children would not grow up to be competent adults. Perhaps some really smart people have figured all this out and have proven it in some way, or perhaps alternative ways of thinking about child development and education have been tested and have failed." Peter Gray PhD. Psychology Today
I just keep quoting this guy and referring to his work because it resonates with me so much. One of his take-aways is that schools are not the product of logical necessity or scientific research; they are the products of history.
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