Yes, precisely. I don't know how our society manages to turn it into something most kids desperately want to avoid. :(
My former-somewhat-insider's perspective from universities (which should really bring out the joy in learning, since in theory they're far from compulsory, and very flexible in allowing students to study what they want) is that formal education has divorced itself from learning, and gotten remarried to credentialism. It also sucks the joy out of teaching to have students who are only there to satisfy some requirement for a credential that they want, instead of students genuinely interested in the subject being taught.
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Date: 2013-12-22 03:35 am (UTC)My former-somewhat-insider's perspective from universities (which should really bring out the joy in learning, since in theory they're far from compulsory, and very flexible in allowing students to study what they want) is that formal education has divorced itself from learning, and gotten remarried to credentialism. It also sucks the joy out of teaching to have students who are only there to satisfy some requirement for a credential that they want, instead of students genuinely interested in the subject being taught.