This 13-year-old speaker has a better grasp on what’s essential than most adults. I am so impressed with this young man. His and his parents’ take on what is wrong with our school system is spot on. We are not teaching children how to learn or to be happy; we are teaching them how to pass classes and graduate.
Watch the entire TED Talk for full context, which can be found here.
My 3 Favorite Quotes:
“We don’t seem to make learning how to be happy and healthy a priority in our schools. It’s separate from schools, and for some kids it doesn’t exist at all.”
Logan LaPlante
“Skiing to me is freedom, and so is my education. It’s about being creative, doing things differently. It’s about community and helping each other, it’s about being happy and healthy among my very best friends.”
Logal LaPlante
(On Dr. Roger Walsh’s paper Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes) “What I thought was his best response was that much of education is oriented, for better or worse, towards making a living, rather than making a life.”
Logan LaPlante
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