26 February 2010

Thoughts Like Schoolchildren

Thoughts and ideas are like schoolchildren.

For several hours a day they need to be regulated, seated in neat rows, organized and called upon to give the answers. They need the structure to develop discipline and patience.

They need recess. To go outside and run around. Free from constraints and rules. They need to yell, fall down, make new friends, climb trees.

And every child needs to rebel; to disobey just for the sake of being independent. It does not mean that they are bad kids, only that they are starting to desire autonomy.

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