Tina Brescanu's Blog - Posts Tagged "deephearted"
Were You Sent(enced) to School?
When Tina was 7 she ran home the first day of school as she was told to start competing against her classmates, for life.
When Swedish, Irish based author Tina Brescanu was 7 she ran home the first day of school as she was told to start competing against her classmates, for life. No nurturing of the human spirit just plain competition.
So the question to ask ourselves may be, 'Is school an anti-child institution, a control centre where forced teaching and competition is part of keeping students docile, passive and non-questioning?'
For many sensitive children like Tina this was the beginning of a very long roller coaster ride.
She used laughter as a life-saving mechanism and always investigated what she had been told was a fact.
Two teachers ventured further than the education plan; her Swedish teacher and her English teacher.
They nurtured her passion for storytelling, for words, for language and despite leaving school early, going on to learn more from life, she still gives thanks to these two extraordinary teachers.
Succumbing to the deep sleep of adulthood, she was awoken many years later by her two children. They reminded her of her love of writing. This was her first story; it’s a story for unconventional children and young people with deep hearts.
When Swedish, Irish based author Tina Brescanu was 7 she ran home the first day of school as she was told to start competing against her classmates, for life. No nurturing of the human spirit just plain competition.
So the question to ask ourselves may be, 'Is school an anti-child institution, a control centre where forced teaching and competition is part of keeping students docile, passive and non-questioning?'
For many sensitive children like Tina this was the beginning of a very long roller coaster ride.
She used laughter as a life-saving mechanism and always investigated what she had been told was a fact.
Two teachers ventured further than the education plan; her Swedish teacher and her English teacher.
They nurtured her passion for storytelling, for words, for language and despite leaving school early, going on to learn more from life, she still gives thanks to these two extraordinary teachers.
Succumbing to the deep sleep of adulthood, she was awoken many years later by her two children. They reminded her of her love of writing. This was her first story; it’s a story for unconventional children and young people with deep hearts.
