If the child is left to himself, he will think more and better, if less showily. Let him go and come freely, let him touch real things and combine his impressions for himself.
We are afraid of ideas, of experimenting, of change. We shrink from thinking a problem through to a logical conclusion.
Too often, I think, children are required to write before they have anything to say. Teach them to think and read and talk without self-repression, and they will write because they cannot help it.
A strenuous effort must be made to train young people to think for themselves and take independent charge of their lives.
I think that there are some teachers that do a very good job of incorporating culture and history. And there are some teachers who could use a little more help in that area.