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also work can come in what is called Occupations
Projects, which are relevant and practical
applications of academic pursuits.
Mathematics and Geometry, for example, will find
application in a Mapping and Topographic Survey
project of the farm property. Biology and Chemistry
will find application in a Pond or Lagoon study.
Physics and Geology will find
application in doing a Shallow Well study that requires
a wind-powered pump. History and Humanities will
find application in doing a Demographic Survey of
a nearby village.
In all of the above, study themes and work groups
are designed for limited number of students to ensure
that each one will have a role to do. The
role is what creates for your child his sense of
value -- his personal dignity. It
also allows him to develop a sense of justice –
because he starts to realize that if he does not
deliver on his role excellently, his work group
or his farm community suffers. Thus, in a very real
and practical sense, the
impressionable youth learns to serve others. |
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