Does the freedom to choose cause confusion?
The concept of freedom in the classroom is a freedom within limits. A child is allowed to work freely as long as he/she does not disturb others. Actually, children with the freedom to follow their interests are generally happy and busy with their work. A free child or adult is one who prefers to work out problems for himself, but is capable of asking for and receiving direction when necessary. An undisciplined and unskilled child (or adult) is not free, but is a slave to his immediate desires and is excessively dependent on others. The free and self-disciplined child, of course, grows into the free and self-disciplined adult.
