Episode 258 - Rob Huge, Questioning the Purpose for School
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This podcast is with founder, Rob Huge, of Greenfields Academy in Chicago, which is an Acton Academy school that focuses on creating students who are world-changers. The "Griffins" at Greenfields have the freedom and flexible to create their own educational path towards being more intentional in learning and life.
Podcast timestamps:
Rob Huge’s personal story
Travel and how that impacts our learning
12:57 - What is the purpose of school?
13:21 - School has become childcare
13:58 - Our job as parents, isn’t to make good students but to help them become good people
14:28 - Once you come out of school, the 2 most important skills
14:51 - Young people living lives of quiet desperation
15:19 - If you want to fix school really quickly
15:30 - Difference between pedagogy and andagogy
16:30 - Covid19 exposes schools as child care
17:37 - Philosophy of Greenville Academy
20:25 - How “Griffins” spend their time
21:41 - Dr Robert Shanks works
24:15 - Higher education
25:48 - Compulsion in education
27:33 - Comparing school and a job
28:00 - Bullying in school
29:12 - Social Emotional Learning
30:26 - One right answer
30:45 - Diversity in private school
32:35 - Cost of Greenville’s academy vs. Traditional government schools
33:03 - Rob Huge’s paradigm change - multi-age learning
36:03 - Adult relationships with younger children, parenting with this style of education
44:30 - The meaning of the term “Griffen”
47:00 - Teaching without knowing all the answers
50:55 - Leading people to their life’s mission, back off of scheduling
58:00 - Preparing children for the future
1:01 - Habits for better learning
1:02:28 - Long -term for goals
