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Liberated Learning
An acrostic poem about the nature of self-directed learning
Caiti Quatmann
Caiti Quatmann (she/her) is a co-teacher and librarian at a Montessori-inspired and self-directed Microschool. She lives in St. Louis with her husband and their two children.
May 26th, 2023

An acrostic poem of Liberated Learning: Liberated learning is connected; Individualized and self-directed; Breaking walls to creativity and thought; Empowered to decide what they're taught; Reconstructing learning in bright new light; Advocating for change and more insight; Transforming how children can live and play; Educating all in a better way; Dismantling of biased systems and rites; Letting children find and solve their own fights; Empowering children to take the lead; Allowing them to go at their own speed; Reimagining school through respect and trust; Nuanced education that is truly just. Interacting gracefully with their peers; Nurturing growth and shedding undue fears-- Genuine learning that subverts what we know.

Caiti Quatmann
Caiti Quatmann (she/her) is a co-teacher and librarian at a Montessori-inspired and self-directed Microschool. She lives in St. Louis with her husband and their two children.

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