Quiz - for Parents

1. Is my child happy at school? Why or why not?
2. Was I happy at school? Why or why not?
3. Who invented school?
4. What is the purpose of school?
5. Do schools accomplish the purpose you named in question 4?
6. Could a person learn without school?
1. If you answered yes, then why do we have schools?
2. If you answered no, explain why.
7. What were schools like in the past? What are they like now? What will schools be like in the future?
8. If you could change anything about school, what would you change? Why?
9. If your child could change anything about school, what would he or she change? Why?
10. Whose suggestions in questions 8 and 9 are more valid?

Bonus Questions:

1. What does it mean to be "smart?"
2. What word is the opposite of "smart?" What does that word mean?

This is a "test at the end" of Michael Reist's book (2010) that I challenge you to think about and even write down or share with your school!