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Saturday, October 18, 2014

Formalized Curiosity

Colourful mobiles lazily spinning above cradles and cribs.

Toy boxes full of tractors and dolls and plastic superheroes.

Piles of clean, maybe dirty, clothes spilling on beds and floors.

Curiosity about walking, talking, and discovering the world.

Growing up with construction paper, scissors and modeling clay,
books and movies, cellphones and social media. 

Formal education shapes, designs and rearranges
all those lessons into careers, jobs and employment.

Whatever we have given our children ~
packed and stored, brought with them into adulthood ~
memories of toys, lessons and games.

“It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.”
~ Albert Einstein

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