Sanders, “Relationships between”

            Quote: “Schools unnecessarily compartmentalize learning into separate subjects in a manner that is unnatural to the way humans think and learn.” (114)

            Response: I completely agree. The human mind is too complicated to be able to separate all subjects. In high school, I remember students would complain that they were in Science class doing Math, but they didn't realize that it's NORMAL to have overlapping subjects when learning. The idea seems bizarre because subjects have always been strictly separated, but if students were to learn from an early age to use ALL of their knowledge when faced with a problem, they would realize that it's beneficial for them when they are learning. While it may seem odd to combine subjects, it actually works. Like in art class, there would be math involved when going portraits of people since there are basic measurements in a person’s face, or there would be diagrams to be drawn in great detail in science class. I witnessed this myself and it was much better rounded than if they weren’t to be combined. That’s all this is trying to achieve: combine subjects in an effort to achieve a higher level of critical thinking since we’d be open-minded when addressing a problem or challenge.