Esmeralda Davis runs a Montessori school in east Bangalore. Montessori method is where a child is allowed to develop according to his or her natural inner directives, through self-directed learning. The school allows students to choose their activities, make discoveries about language, art, mathematics, music and culture in non-graded classes of mixed ages. As I read more about this method, I am impelled to explore this and see if I can become a practitioner.
I'm reading about this on the back of 3 Idiots taking the entire country by storm. Even if the movie manages to change a few lives, it would have been a great service. After watching the movie a couple of times, I have a noticed a certain gap that the movie leaves unaddressed. While it is recommended that we do what we love, it doesn't address the point that our system does not allow a student to find what he loves to do. That would be possible only with a system of counselling and discovery that spans over many years, depending on how much time an average student would take to find his or her true calling.
The Montessori system seems to provide the solution. We need to do what we love, no doubt. But the education system needs an overhaul to ensure that we know what we love. Otherwise the current education system is capable of ruining our natural instincts and direction. I'm reminded of a t-shirt quote 'I was intelligent, but education ruined me'. How true!
I'm off to understand and discover more!
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