An Education Policy Advice

I agree with the NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND policy.

Leave them behind!


But......

Help them find shortcuts.

beach Schooling

beach-schooling, unschooling, young entrepreneurs programs... all in one day.

Alternative education is alive and vibrant!

Introduction to Beach Schooling

Muhyddin has NOT fail our children and schools

The article above refers.

Education Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin did not fail our children nor our schools although he claimed that he cannot understand why the level of English language among our Malaysian student have declined. He cannot be blamed for the decisions, indecisions or inept decisions of his predecessors.

Our education system at best, is in transition, running on autopilot, lacking in direction.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014

2014 Reflection ...on Education

Some say we need to "reform education"

Some feel strongly that, reform is redundant. We need to  "transform education"

I think, we are too late to reform or transform, we need to "hack! our education"


We need drastic measures! "Hacking" is the only way for now.

Education Is NOT The Same As Schooling

I wrote about Problem of our Education System: My Take where I shared the need to separate education from schooling and that the there need to be an Ministry of Schooling, while the Ministry of Education takes on a very different role.  No government (perhaps maybe one or two Scandinavian countries who might try  something different) will ever make it happen because it is not in their interest to do so. Moreover, it is too much work!

Anyway, this video that will help you appreciate why schooling does not equals to education.

Different views

Different views, a photo by Lord Taipan on Flickr.

Parents and children always have deferring perspective of things………

Allowing children the time and space to have their own views helps mold a strong individuals.

Parenting not easy.

An Education Monologue

Here is a thought we shared on our FB page

"Most of the friends I know are college kids and they complain that college is too stressful with too much work and exams. When I ask them why they chose to go to college, their reply is: 'College is my second option (or third?) because I cannot take the risk with my first option - which is actually what I really want to do but my parents will not like it.' And I'm thinking What? They go through life with all these back-up plans that they are not happy with, so what's the point? And the working ones are not happy with their jobs either because they do the same things day in and day out just to please their bosses and have no time to really do what they really like, like dance! 

I can never live a life of a robot. I want to be a great dancer, guitarist and singer! I will work very hard to get the skills I need. Life is too short - we should just follow our hearts and be happy doing what we do!"

Join us in our discussion on alternative education and learning, Learning Beyond Schooling, HERE