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That was what I posited in the Minekey. And here is an interesting response, obviously from a teacher.
Well, that necessary!! You can't have 30 3rd graders doing their own thing all the time! It would be chaos! But, having taught for four years, the teachers give them lots of opportunity to express themselves individually in different ways, in the classroom, and in art class and music. But, when it's time for math, and ya gotta open the book to page 92, well, you're right. No room for creativity there! Time to take the spelling test...creativity will get you no where!
I have worked with children, a variety of them in a class room, the seniors and the juniors, the quite and the loud. I decided I will not impose myself or any rule on to them, much to the anguish of the school adminstrator. The result was noise, chaos and disorder. This activity was very taxing for me, I could hardly handle 3 hours of such session and then I had retire to rest. The children sucked all the energy out and they became more energetic in the process.
I believe, rules are given to bring in order, to make sure the instructor or the teacher is not stressed beyond a point. Its not for the benefit of the children.
My response to the teacher is given below.
Thanks for responding. But each of us doing our own thing does not lead to chaos but to order. That's the way nature works. If it was so, a splendid resource like Wikipedia would be a circus but its not. The chaotic individual behaviors often phase lock into something beautiful. Its the regimented similar minds that are rigid and dangerous.
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