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THIS resonates with me.

So I think we have to change metaphors. We have to go from what is essentially an industrial model of education, a manufacturing model, which is based on linearity and conformity and batching people. We have to move to a model that is based more on principles of agriculture. We have to recognize that human flourishing is not a mechanical process; it's an organic process. And you cannot predict the outcome of human development. All you can do, like a farmer, is create the conditions under which they will begin to flourish.

- Sir Ken Robinson, TED 2010

Farmer. Plants - veggies and flowers and trees. Create good conditions in the environment for growth - soil, water, and sun. No forcing into conformity. This makes sense to me in how I want my children to grow up.

Come to think of it, isn't that exactly what kids need too? Soil, water, and sun.