{"id":1591,"date":"2022-02-23T11:44:05","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T09:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.capulumcollege.com\/dev2026\/?p=1591"},"modified":"2023-02-27T08:30:55","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T06:30:55","slug":"is-the-school-you-have-chosen-right-for-your-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.capulumcollege.com\/dev2026\/is-the-school-you-have-chosen-right-for-your-child\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the school you have chosen right for your child?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1591\" class=\"elementor elementor-1591\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5d24b7f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5d24b7f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f02bde9\" data-id=\"f02bde9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d1ad1a elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d1ad1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">A question every parent should ask is\u2026 Is education failing my child?<\/h2><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1599\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capulumcollege.com\/dev2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Is-the-school-you-have-chosen-right-for-your-child-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Is the school you have chosen right for your child\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capulumcollege.com\/dev2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Is-the-school-you-have-chosen-right-for-your-child-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.capulumcollege.com\/dev2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Is-the-school-you-have-chosen-right-for-your-child-1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>A question every teacher should ask is\u2026 Is education failing the children I teach?<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you, as a parent, could choose your child\u2019s school curriculum, what would you consider important aspects?<\/p><ul><li>Obedience, as we churn out predictable, testable, mediocre workers &#8211; or subjects that would help build a stronger society?<\/li><li>Building a child\u2019s character being as important as the 3Rs (reading, writing and arithmetic)?<\/li><li>Compliance and memorisation \u2013 or the need to dream and to be given the wherewithal and the will to make dreams come true?<\/li><li>Creating a child who engages and grows, as opposed to pushing for sameness and thereby dumbing down the individual, while attempting to raise the class average?<\/li><li>Destroying dreams instead of amplifying them? All too often children are told to have a trade\/profession to \u2018fall back on\u2019- that there\u2019s time to dream later.<\/li><\/ul><p><i><span lang=\"EN-US\">At Capulum College we believe in<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">finding the essence of your child and allowing this individual to develop in\u00a0her\/his own way, own speed, and own time\u00a0\u2013 whatever is right for your child.<\/span><\/i><\/p><p>Keep in mind that:<\/p><ul><li>Dreams flicker long before they shine brightly &#8211; they are difficult to build and easy to destroy.<\/li><li>The world has changed and it\u2019s time for schools to follow.<\/li><li>Group projects should be the norm in schools yet most times academic activity is done alone \u2013 homework, exams, writing. No competent businessperson says, \u201cI don\u2019t know what to do, I\u2019ll figure it out myself\u201d<\/li><li>Our teachers are strict because they love their learners \u2013 not because it makes their lives easier. We believe that teachers who care, teach learners who care.<\/li><\/ul><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capulumcollege.com\/dev2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Is-the-school-you-have-chosen-right-for-your-child-2-300x252.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capulumcollege.com\/dev2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Is-the-school-you-have-chosen-right-for-your-child-2-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.capulumcollege.com\/dev2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Is-the-school-you-have-chosen-right-for-your-child-2.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>We focus on small classes where your child receives personalised, individual attention, which results in the learner\u2019s growth in confidence as he\/she progresses at his\/her own level &#8211; a level that is right for your child. Our remedial teachers are qualified in their field of work, the outcome being that we record positive results from happy learners.<\/p><p>Much of the content of this article was taken from Seth Godin\u2019s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sXpbONjV1Jc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stop Stealing Dreams \u2013 What is School For?<\/a> <\/em><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1603 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capulumcollege.com\/dev2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Pavlov-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capulumcollege.com\/dev2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Pavlov-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.capulumcollege.com\/dev2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Pavlov-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.capulumcollege.com\/dev2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Pavlov-600x602.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.capulumcollege.com\/dev2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Pavlov-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.capulumcollege.com\/dev2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Pavlov-768x771.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.capulumcollege.com\/dev2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Pavlov.jpg 777w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7739af8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7739af8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0eaf942\" data-id=\"0eaf942\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0da36ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0da36ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">We are not meant to be perfect \u2013 we are meant to be whole.\nDiscover the joy of learning with us\u2026\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A question every parent should ask is\u2026 Is education failing my&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[18,7],"class_list":["post-1591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-creativity","tag-exercise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.capulumcollege.com\/dev2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.capulumcollege.com\/dev2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.capulumcollege.com\/dev2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.capulumcollege.com\/dev2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.capulumcollege.com\/dev2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1591"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.capulumcollege.com\/dev2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1614,"href":"https:\/\/www.capulumcollege.com\/dev2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1591\/revisions\/1614"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.capulumcollege.com\/dev2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.capulumcollege.com\/dev2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.capulumcollege.com\/dev2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.capulumcollege.com\/dev2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}