Let students progress as they will
To the editor:
Kansas City schools are in the process of exploring alternative methods to education. Not so much a new and revolutionary system. This particular system has been employed from the earliest days of eduction. You can see it from the days of Aristotle right up to the present, incorporated to varying degrees, in the agrarian systems that reign dominate to authoritative recognition. it is increasing in its rejuvenating the inquisitive natural nature of each individuals ambitions or desires. In so doing, exposing a favorable progression to the entire student body. What is this?
In place of a gradient system that demands that all students within that sector of development proceed to the limitations of that sector to wit they inhabit. This system allows individuals to progress or regress to various sectors in accordance to their abilities to comprehend that sector to wit they inhabit. Once student has mastered that sector moves on to next sector that emulates students interest. Note Aristotelian base philosophy.
I was most fortunate to have experienced such a scenario through one of my educators. Alas only one. Yet from this experienced enough to realize that what I want to acquire could be regementally impressed or of my freedom to pursue to my hearts content. This remained with me through the various tribulations of life’s agendas. Winter approaches me now and I find my warmth in that memory that I have the freedom to progress or regress as I should so desire. Now I spend my time climbing to various summits that came before me and dare to place my arm around the future.
Montessori strategies comes to mind. Similar to the proverb; “Teach one how to fish and they will feed themselves.” Most down-trodden to the most structured intellectual freedom of one’s self to recognize their talents and how they can incorporate this to sustain themselves in satisfaction.
Competition within one’s-self will always be the greatest competition.
From the archives of history to the shores of string theory and their 11th dimensions of gravity, opportunities abound on the omega’s bountiful oceans.
Bernard Forand
Cape Coral