A child desires to make sense out of various observations. This desire is a natural instinct and knows no motive; it is one of utter curiosity. It is like coming out of an empty vessel. As a baby boy or girl, you find the man next to you strange or intriguing; you find the wall clock mysterious and the birds chirping arresting. Why are they the way they are? Is this a natural question that strikes you? It is new to the child with the mind of an empty vessel but for someone who has had frequent exposure to these stimuli, these questions do not arise. They learn to describe them and associate with them through words, the language of discourse. They associate patterns with words, process them and understand what it is that makes them happen.
In the beginning of academic life, you ''the child that you are" find yourself being pushed into something called a classroom to learn. What is a classroom? What will you be learning in a classroom? Why should you learn only in a classroom? Can't you learn what you are supposed to learn outside the classroom? Being pushed is a state that deserves close attention. Why should you be pushed to learn at all? You were learning all the while from the time you started coming out of the empty vessel. It was about the world around you. What can you learn in a classroom? Has it got anything to do with the world around you beyond the classroom?
These questions can arise as reactions to being pushed into the classroom. A classroom is a place where the environment is controlled so that learners are insulated from unwanted stimuli outside the classroom that can affect the focus required to assimilate descriptive knowledge.
First, what is it like being in an empty vessel? Is it pitch darkness where you cannot know anything? In order to know something you need to have sensory experience. Absence of knowledge is not exactly darkness but it is precisely this absence that lends itself to oblivion. You are immersed in a natural state of curiosity and learning has begun even before toddling into the classroom.
In the beginning of academic life, you ''the child that you are" find yourself being pushed into something called a classroom to learn. What is a classroom? What will you be learning in a classroom? Why should you learn only in a classroom? Can't you learn what you are supposed to learn outside the classroom? Being pushed is a state that deserves close attention. Why should you be pushed to learn at all? You were learning all the while from the time you started coming out of the empty vessel. It was about the world around you. What can you learn in a classroom? Has it got anything to do with the world around you beyond the classroom?
These questions can arise as reactions to being pushed into the classroom. A classroom is a place where the environment is controlled so that learners are insulated from unwanted stimuli outside the classroom that can affect the focus required to assimilate descriptive knowledge.
First, what is it like being in an empty vessel? Is it pitch darkness where you cannot know anything? In order to know something you need to have sensory experience. Absence of knowledge is not exactly darkness but it is precisely this absence that lends itself to oblivion. You are immersed in a natural state of curiosity and learning has begun even before toddling into the classroom.
Very true... Learning begins with birth...!
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