SEPT' 19

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Education, a wild and protected garden

In the field of education, we often compare the child to a plant. Why? Because you can’t act directly on a plant by pulling on its leaves or stem to make it grow faster: it grows alone according to its nature’s plan and according to its environment. We do not try to shape the plant to transform it. We instead act by providing it with the ideal conditions for its growth: the necessary light, the perfect heat, the nourishing soil...
Of course, it’s possible to act on a plant by shaping it to our taste as Japanese gardeners do with the bonsai. But it’s difficult, and it takes a lot of work, doesn’t it?

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