Education was intended for the benefit of whom? Is it in the interest of the child, parental interests, the interests of the labour market, or the interest of whom?
All of us are almost always answered that education was for the benefit of children. To keep them happy on the day her parents, so that they are assured of his future, that they might succeed, and other answers that sort of thing. But when we were already in the field, sometimes practical considerations we twisted so strong, conscious or unconscious. And sometimes we forget to ask the children: do they want it?Do they like it?
A challenge for us as parents and teachers is to reflect on this question and look for intersection between what we think is good for the kids with their opinions about everything ". Education provides the opportunity to make the child as a subject, not just the object must conform to the curriculum and the system has been designed.
By making the child as a subject of education, feasible for us to always be in the consciousness as a facilitator that makes the opinion of the child as an important thing in making decisions that concern them.
As dinasihatkan by Kahlil Gibran, "your son is your son." They are born through us, but they are not ours. They were with us, but they were not ours. Because, their souls belongs to the future. Because, it life heading in the future, instead of drowning in the past.
The following poem excerpt Kahlil Gibran, "your son is not your son":
"The child is living, they are just born
melaluimu but not derived from you.
Although in spirit but not yours,
pour your affection but not impose your mind
because they are endowed with his own mind.
Provide a home to her own body, but not her, because
his soul belongs to the future, can't you attended
even in a dream though.
They could be just like you, but don't ever
sue them so like like you.
Because life is headed in the future, and
Don't drown in the past.
You're the one bow and arrow anak-anakmulah melucur.
She Archers shooting target omniscient immortality.
He menentangmu with his power,
Until the arrows streaking, far and fast.
Meliuklah with joy in the hands of the archers, span
Because he loves kids an arrow darting like lightning
As also his beloved bow steady ".
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