A common misconception of education comes when the definition of education narrows to the intellectual. The child is compartmentalized. He is not seen as a whole person, fully-integrated with physical, emotional, spiritual and intellectual capacities. Thus, if an educational program attempts to address the child's intellect while ignoring his spiritual and emotional development, the approach is sadly ignoring the true reality of the child. Likewise, those who separate the spiritual and emotional part of a child from the intellectual make a big mistake. You cannot delegate only the intellectual training of your child to professionals and retain just the spiritual and emotional for yourself. Whatever class is taught, the whole child is affected. . Kevin Swanson
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We tend to think that education is just about the intellect. We believe that the only things that matter in education are facts, skills and knowledge. However, nothing can be further from the truth. We often forget that education is not just about what we know but how we act, how we communicate with others and how we relate to our environment. The whole child is affected by the growing of these abilities.

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