The characteristic of decision-making will be used throughout life and will aid any situation. Students who are forced to learn subjects they do not wish to do feel a lack of control and it deters decision-making. If the child is given a chance to make the decisions, it help creates a feeling of control over what one is doing. Not only does it assist in decision-making, but that skill can help with the educational process. In Alfie Kohn article Choices for Children, he describes a study that “….has found that children given more “opportunity to participate in decisions about schoolwork” score higher on standardized tests (Kohn). By letting the child decide what classes they take, they will acquire knowledge that they desire, while building
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It will make them truly think about their future and how they want to spend their time. Furthermore, if the child is drawn to a certain subject, they will research on their own to learn more. If a child is left with independence, they will learn on their own what they wish to do and be successful. In A.S. Neill’s article entitled, Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing, he asserts, “….that a child is innately wise and realistic. If left to himself without adult suggestion of any kind, he will develop as far as he capable of developing. Logically, Summerhill is a place in which people who have the innate ability and wish to be scholars will be scholars, while those who are only fit to sweep the streets will sweep the streets. But we have not produced a street cleaner so far” (9). Neill’s observations illustrate that independence creates effort to take their future into their own hands and achieve a skill. In the same article, Neil describes a former student, “I think of Jack who left us at the age of seventeen to go into an engineering factor. One day, the managing director sent for him….curious to know how such an education appears (Summerhill).” Jack responded, “….I think it gives you a feeling of complete self-confidence.” Summerhill, a school which strives for choice for students and gives them independence and confidence, creates educated people who have a
It will make them truly think about their future and how they want to spend their time. Furthermore, if the child is drawn to a certain subject, they will research on their own to learn more. If a child is left with independence, they will learn on their own what they wish to do and be successful. In A.S. Neill’s article entitled, Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing, he asserts, “….that a child is innately wise and realistic. If left to himself without adult suggestion of any kind, he will develop as far as he capable of developing. Logically, Summerhill is a place in which people who have the innate ability and wish to be scholars will be scholars, while those who are only fit to sweep the streets will sweep the streets. But we have not produced a street cleaner so far” (9). Neill’s observations illustrate that independence creates effort to take their future into their own hands and achieve a skill. In the same article, Neil describes a former student, “I think of Jack who left us at the age of seventeen to go into an engineering factor. One day, the managing director sent for him….curious to know how such an education appears (Summerhill).” Jack responded, “….I think it gives you a feeling of complete self-confidence.” Summerhill, a school which strives for choice for students and gives them independence and confidence, creates educated people who have a