LovePrevails

no doubt the rest of the world has much to learn from Finland's non-authoritarian community-based education system, and no grades or competition which is in line with the evidence on better learning however it is not the be all and end all in is still centrally planned and not based on voluntarism, there are very few private schools and most kinds are illegal so it's government or almost tnothing so just because it was set up in some ways based on the reason and evidence available regarding good ways to educate, there is not a constant optimisation, who knows how long it will stay good for before it becomes decadent? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hjvk8aDqy8

I agree, Stef never said that children were a tabla rasa he said 70-80% of behaviour is adaptation to environment according to the latest science on nature vs nurture which he explains here:

Saw this floating around facebook:

perfectionism caused by frequent criticism during formative years, often I think. unproven.

Keith please recount some experiences fro your life where you have felt hapiness or contentment also please give some examples of a few things you have learned (from any source) that were of some utility in your life, and how that knowledge improved your life in some way or another not a test or anything, I just think knowing some of these things might help me offer you something useful