That comment lead from a discussion in the office here (amongst a few parents I may add) at how open minded young children are and then how, as they work their way through education, they/we become used to a more and more regimented education and our expectation of education structures narrow. Hence the possible reasons for many to find ocTEL a little difficult to get used to in its free open less structured nature in week 0.
Had we set a five year old loose on ocTEL from week 0, beyond their age limitations, would they have simply said OK and got on with it without being constrained by their own experiences of education as many, myself included, may be in the way we have approached ocTEL?
Maybe that is a better way of expressing my early flippant remark.
Consultant and occasional writer, based in London. Chartered Pscyhologist and CMALT. Overall co-ordinator of ocTEL.