"countereducation"
A neat blog I stumbled on (oops) mulls a concept I - and probably most public-educated folks - have frequently mulled:
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Take, for example, Shakespeare. How many millions of people are turned away from recognizing his genius by having him stuffed down their throats at school at an age when they are not yet receptive to his language and psychological insights? Wouldn’t he be even more widely and highly regarded if people were to discover him for themselves, rather than be prejudiced against him by school?
Similarly, millions are turned off of maths and science by terrible teachers.
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Take, for example, Shakespeare. How many millions of people are turned away from recognizing his genius by having him stuffed down their throats at school at an age when they are not yet receptive to his language and psychological insights? Wouldn’t he be even more widely and highly regarded if people were to discover him for themselves, rather than be prejudiced against him by school?
Similarly, millions are turned off of maths and science by terrible teachers.
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