Thanks for suggesting this post. I love the analogy you've used!
You raise a great point. When a plant struggles, we don't judge it. We check the soil, adjust the light, change the watering schedule. But with children, we're quick to assume the child is the problem instead of asking if the learning environment is right.
I agree tailor‑made learning is the way to go. Yet, as you point out, ‘schools are rarely set up for deep individualisation’ - it’s simply not efficient for the system.
Thanks for highlighting the need to redesign the garden instead of continuing to blame the plants.
Thank you so much for reading and commenting, I'm really pleased the analogy resonated. I feel we have become entrenched in such unnatural approaches towards the support and education of our children, and the gardening metaphor came to me one day when I was reflecting on this.
Thanks for suggesting this post. I love the analogy you've used!
You raise a great point. When a plant struggles, we don't judge it. We check the soil, adjust the light, change the watering schedule. But with children, we're quick to assume the child is the problem instead of asking if the learning environment is right.
I agree tailor‑made learning is the way to go. Yet, as you point out, ‘schools are rarely set up for deep individualisation’ - it’s simply not efficient for the system.
Thanks for highlighting the need to redesign the garden instead of continuing to blame the plants.
Thank you so much for reading and commenting, I'm really pleased the analogy resonated. I feel we have become entrenched in such unnatural approaches towards the support and education of our children, and the gardening metaphor came to me one day when I was reflecting on this.