the inner curriculum

   Children naturally know how to learn all that is needed by remaining present in each moment.  Nothing needs to be added, but merely supported. This is the way walking and talking are learned and is the natural way that everything can be learned.  But how can children remain inwardly directed in school when they are forced to go against themselves to focus on personally irrelevant topics or tasks? In this way, schools prevent them from knowing themselves, and without self knowledge it is difficult to create a meaningful life.  It is harmful, therefore, to place a child in any environment that does not allow the “inner curriculum”to be of utmost importance.