School was the big thing for a long time. School is tests and credits and notetaking and meeting standards. Learning, on the other hand, is 'getting it'. It's the conceptual breakthrough that permits the student to understand it then move on to something else. Learning doesn't care about workbooks or long checklists.
For a while, smart people thought that school was organized to encourage learning. For a long time, though, people in the know have realized that they are fundamentally different activities.
I remember when I first figured out that I was a "school" groupie. My life, post-awakening, is now a little bit easier, but also a little bit more complex.
Can we survive this paradigm shift as a nation? Can the larger institution change?
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