Mit Freude lernen - ein Leben lang

Hooray, vacation! Finally a holiday! We all know this feeling. Why do most children want nothing to do with learning by the end of the first grade? Why does the little one, who joyfully explored the world as a baby, now use their creativity only to escape learning? Why do hardly any adults see learning as an enrichment of their lives, something deeply enjoyable and fulfilling? Gerald Hüther's answer: Because our understanding of learning has been historically and socially crippled. Because we confine learning to the narrow framework set by institutions specifically created for this purpose. Because we no longer recognize that learning is essential for our survival as human beings. Allowing this to happen was a mistake. But we can learn from mistakes. Learning means nothing less than staying alive. Those who no longer learn are not truly living.