Not all children can read, write and perform in the same way. We have our own strengths and weaknesses. Einstein understood this and explained how our current education system is like putting a fish, a monkey, a snake, an elephant in the same classroom to judge their performance abilities by asking all of them to climb a tree!
We put an artist, a dancer, a scientist, a player, a singer, a reader in the same class and ask all of them to read and write in the same way. Do we put all of them in a dance competition and expect all of them to dance in the same way? No. But we do that when it comes to performance of letters and numbers on paper.
Our kids have started understanding this. They've tried writing a poem to express their understanding. Here are few:
We put an artist, a dancer, a scientist, a player, a singer, a reader in the same class and ask all of them to read and write in the same way. Do we put all of them in a dance competition and expect all of them to dance in the same way? No. But we do that when it comes to performance of letters and numbers on paper.
Our kids have started understanding this. They've tried writing a poem to express their understanding. Here are few:
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