Getting the ‘right sort’ of education


  • Musings
  • Sunday, 26 May 2019

Knowledge and growth: If we don’t do anything drastic about our education system soon, chiefly if we don’t ensure our children are educated in the true sense of the word, then we can expect to lose out in the world.

I just finished a wonderful book that everyone should read: Educated by Tara Westover.

It is the true story of a Mormon girl from rural Idaho who grew up in a survivalist family with parents who mistrusted authority so much that they refused to send their children to school, never vaccinated them and would treat them at home when they were ill, even when they had very serious and life-threatening injuries.

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