Montessori Madness! Quotes

“Effort is pleasurable; it puts one in a good mood. It “furnishes energy” and brings “life and enthusiasm.”
― Trevor Eissler, Montessori Madness! A Parent to Parent Argument for Montessori Education

“Montessori is about a kid with a stick, digging a hole in the mud—hands dirty, engaged, fascinated, uninterrupted.”
― Trevor Eissler, Montessori Madness! A Parent to Parent Argument for Montessori Education

“Human excellence is not achieved by obtaining high test scores. Excellent humans emerge as they become insightful, wise, just, resourceful, courageous, and original. They excel because their environment allowed them to develop these qualities by themselves.”
― Trevor Eissler, Montessori Madness! A Parent to Parent Argument for Montessori Education

“I learned that teachers are the enemy. Not that I disliked all my teachers—I actually liked quite a few—but I learned that it was wise to privately regard them with wariness, guardedness, mistrust, and fear. By a stroke of the pen, they held the power to alter my standing with myself, my peers, and my parents.”
― Trevor Eissler, Montessori Madness! A Parent to Parent Argument for Montessori Education

“One moment the ghosts and witches were excited to be dressed up in a scary or transforming costume, enjoying the feeling of surprise at seeing how their friends had dressed up. The next moment they were being forced to compete with one another to see who was better. It was sobering to see adults imposing a competition, a ranking system, on a perfectly happy and content group of kids—kids who were valuing each other’s creativity and enjoying each other’s company.”
― Trevor Eissler, Montessori Madness! A Parent to Parent Argument for Montessori Education

“Help me to do it alone.”
― Trevor Eissler, Montessori Madness! A Parent to Parent Argument for Montessori Education