People describe their life at school in different ways. For many, school was an annoying, stressful and sometimes painful experience. The tales that people tell when they look back at school would rarely have anything to do with school itself but instead it would be about the wonderful times about making friends or playing games. When it comes to school success stories, people would talk about cramming for the big exam or working hard to get a grade. They are almost never about learning!

Rather than concentrating on your child's capacity to score more marks, it is more important to make your child an action-oriented, self-confident and self-supportive individual. The more learning feels like play, the more fun it is and the more it happens naturally.

When we suck the joy out of education, we are going against everything the planet and all of nature tells us about what works for real learning. Yes, we need to teach students to survive in the real world by making them mature and not turning them into institutionalized drones.