This document discusses the concept of joy and its relationship to education. It contains quotes about the importance of joy and silliness. The document suggests that current education systems lack joy and advocates for turning pseudo learning into real learning by being mindful, creative, grateful, and silly. It questions why schools are not places of joy.
5. joy
/joi/
Noun
1.the emotion evoked by well-being, success,
or good fortune or by the prospect of
possessing what one desires
2.the expression or exhibition of such emotion
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Feel-Bad Education
The Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joy
by: Alfie Kohn
http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/feelbad.htm
I’m appearing to accept an
odious premise—namely,
that joy must be justified as
a means to the end of
better academic
performance. Not so:
It’s an end in itself.
51. "There is a direct correlation between the level of
happiness in one's life and the amount of silliness
they allow into it."
She said, "I know. I've done studies."
74. We must play.
But our merriment must be of that kind
(and it is, in fact, the merriest kind)
which exists between people who have,
from the outset,
taken each other seriously.
”C.S. Lewis
“
75. We must play.
But our merriment must be of that kind
(and it is, in fact, the merriest kind)
which exists between people who have,
from the outset,
taken each other seriously.
”C.S. Lewis
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