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Do kids learn more outside the classroom?

Posted: Oct 24, 07 7:06pm

I brought my daughter into my business world when she was 10. It sent her down a completely different path in her adult years than where she may have gone with typical school studies, given she was brought up in a military school on bases overseas.

Actually, it was her natural curiosity that caused her to want to be in biz like me, and I encouraged it. I've got a longer entry on this topic in my post in my group "NonProfits: Get Involved!" here:

http://www.tbd.com/group/104/discussion/19729/view

I really think kids learn more, and retain more, when there is, what we have coined today, an "experiential" component to it.

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Posted: Oct 25, 07 1:03pm

globalgypsy wrote:

I brought my daughter into my business world when she was 10. It sent her down a completely different path in her adult ...

Couldn't agree more! And by getting her involved at the age of 10 when she was curious & eager to learn made it fun & interesting for her. There is no learning better than learning that is fun & interesting.

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Suneeta Kulkarni

Posted: May 13, 08 7:59am

globalgypsy wrote:

I brought my daughter into my business world when she was 10. It sent her down a completely different path in her adult ...

I agree. that's why it bothers me when schools don't see the value of children traveling with their parents and get stuck with 'attendance'... atleast that's how it is with most schools in India...

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