(This essay is a slightly altered version of a previous post in Dutch) Education is a wonderful thing. Almost all of our children worldwide [1] receive the opportunity to go to school and to develop themselves and learn skills that will enrich their lives and provide for their future. As wonderful as this may seem, on the other hand, our day to day reality is often much less flowery. Many kids do not like to go to school at all. It is a considerable source of stress for many of them. This is a pity. Mankind has achieved such a level of development that children get to have 6, 12 or even more years of their life completely devoted to their own personal growth, but somehow this does not seem to make them any happier. We have this grand opportunity, but ever so often it seems to turn into a drag. Whatever happened? Are our kids merely ungrateful, or is there something else going on here? And how can we make our education more fulfilling for our children? My story Do the tra
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