Montaigne's Beliefs

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Michel De Montaigne was a man who cared deeply for children and believed that every child in this world should get the right amount of education in order to succeed and become intelligent individuals. In his essay called “Of the Education of children”, the purpose of education is to present the philosophical work for the state of the art way in educating young children. I believe it is very important for children to have educators who can give them the knowledge and education they need to succeed in their lives. Montaigne has very strong and wonderful views of how education should be in our society. Montaigne believes that the purpose of education is for children to develop knowledge in the field they are being taught and not to just get their heads filled with different facts that he or she doesn’t understand. I believe that children should be taught to understand and not be educated to memorize things. Montaigne believes that this doesn’t teach children anything because this can easily allow them to forget what they have learned because they are not understanding it. Montaigne states that education should put a child “through its paces, making it taste things, choose them, and discern them by itself” (pg.110). Children should learn through their own pace and we shouldn’t throw things at them that will be difficult for them to acquire. Students shouldn’t have so much power and authority put on them and their learning should come naturally. Every child is different and unique in their own ways and some children take longer to learn than others but we need to let the child have the chance to pick up things themselves at their own pace. Montaigne believes that no one should be pushed or forced to do anything they are not capable of doing. Montaigne also believes that wisdom and character are both important factors. This is a way of educating the person as a
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