Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Jeff Bezos credit Montessori education as a major factor in their success

Re:Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Jeff Bezos credit Montessori edu... by Alex3917 on Tuesday September 04, 2007 @11:47AM (#50011)

I don't think you can really call Montessori school 'education.' The word education comes from the latin e+ducere, meaning to be lead. The entire concept of Montessori schools is that they're supposed to be an environment for autodidacts.

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Re:Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Jeff Bezos credit Montessori edu... by brlewis on Tuesday September 04, 2007 @12:15PM (#50017)

Teachers have a more active and leading role in Montessori education than in other non-traditional methods such as Summerhill. Montessori was described to me as a triangle with the student, the teacher, and the environment at the vertices.

See more here:

http://ourdoings.com/brlewis/2006-01

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Re:Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Jeff Bezos credit Montessori edu... by pg on Tuesday September 04, 2007 @12:25PM (#50020)

The etymology of a word and its meaning are not identical.

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Re:Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Jeff Bezos credit Montessori edu... by Alex3917 on Tuesday September 04, 2007 @01:19PM (#50032)

Although arguably the meaning of a word and its definition are also not identical. (That is, words are defined as used, whereas the meaning is, according to some, the impression the word creates in your mind.)

Personally I just hate the idea of being forcibly lead.

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