Many parents are sure that the only right way - to invest maximum in the development of children: enroll in dozens of circles, choose the best school and take all the time to do useful things.
Will it lead to the desired result? Sometimes it does. But more often than not, growing up, such children do not become geniuses or celebrities. The reason is banal: overloading children, parents realize their own ambitions. The child's interests, innate talents, and desires are not taken into account.
How did outstanding people achieve success? Malcolm Gladwell, author of The 10,000 Hour Rule and the book Geniuses and Outsiders, is convinced that success is determined by a complex of factors. It is not only hard work, but also a lot of external circumstances, talent, desire and, of course, luck. Even negative factors (financial constraints or an aggressive environment) can be beneficial if they stimulate development.
However, it is the child's desires and interests that become the main factors. If you build your child's learning around them, you can achieve amazing results.
This approach justifies itself, for example, at Harvard. These are just some of the traditions and principles of the university:
- Discussions instead of lectures. Students do not mindlessly memorize information, but discuss with the teacher and each other, voice their ideas and independently come to conclusions. And this is the essence of science.
- Respect for the individual and personal opinion. Every Harvard student is entitled to his own opinion, and he can voice it without fear of unwarranted criticism from a faculty member. Even a Nobel Prize winner. Even a Nobel Prize winner will have to prove his point of view in a dispute with a freshman.
- Freedom instead of constant stress. Harvard does not give bad grades. And there is no risk of being blacklisted by a teacher for an incorrect answer or passivity in class. Students are given full freedom of action and creativity.
- Flexibility instead of traditional "schemes". A student studies as long as he/she needs, changes direction at any time, chooses interesting disciplines. It is not necessary to decide on a specialization at once. In this way, the student can eventually find the field in which he or she will fully demonstrate his or her talent.
These principles work: Harvard produces outstanding mathematicians, physicists, public figures, real leaders, and the university itself has been at the top of world rankings for many years. It has been proven in practice here: respecting each student, giving him freedom and the right to choose, developing critical thinking, can help in the formation of a successful personality. And to do this, it is not necessary to prepare a child to enter Harvard from the age of 5. It is enough to adhere to the same principles of education and upbringing.
Harvard's principles are also upheld at Palme School. You will be convinced of this already at the first lesson. By the way, it is absolutely free! You can sign up right now!
