Six – Dhairya

For me the most radical reading was that of de-schooling, I don’t think I necessarily agree with the ways described in the paper – that of a skill bank etc, but it was definitely a good what-if situation brainstorm. However I feel I agree with the essence of the paper – that of deinstitutionalizing education – where education is open, free for all. On the other hand, however broken our schools are, there are still important social  and life skills that are developed in a schooling environment, in essence school is not only about knowledge and learning subject matter. I wonder how we handle these other aspects, which leads me to wonder what would be a nice balance between the two where we still have schools i.e. a physical place that facilitates co-learning, team building and social interactions while still provides education tailored to every student.