We are all caught up in the wokeness of today. We see similar overprotective behavior in other cultures including here in the Maldives. We do not feel our kids are safe in our environment, on our small islands. It is paradoxical that we constantly supervise them and guard them when they are outside but do not monitor their activities online.

The Coddling of the American Mind

by Greg Lukianoff, Jonathan Haidt

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What is a school? It is not about schools but more about schooling as a concept. Schooling helps children become independent thinkers capable of looking after themselves and those around them. Schooling is about enhancing their capacity to make meaning of themselves and the world they live in. Schooling should not be associated with a glorified building. Schooling can happen anywhere. Discipline and life skills can be taught anywhere in the neighbourhood – be it inside a tin shack, a mud hut, an odi haruge (boat hangar) or on the beach on small islands. What i

What is a school? My two cents.

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