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Testing, sitting in classrooms, and doing to things to please parents, is not the way to encourage explorative thinking and growth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch this excellent video from Alliance for Self-Directed Education as Marley Richards (age 12) helps us see education from a child&#8217;s perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trusting Children to Learn\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qMmu-kopqjw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education that derives from the self-chosen activities and life experiences of the person being educated is education that will remain with the child. 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