You\u2019re not going to ask for raspberry syrup, are you? \u2022 #gyereacomeniusba<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat do you want to be when you grow up?\u201d\n\u201cAn adult.\u201d\n\u201cBut what exactly?\u201d\n\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d (shrugs)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Parents face a real crisis if this exchange happens in their child\u2019s final school year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What next? Well\u2026 you\u2019re supposed to go to some university\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let\u2019s pause for a teaching moment!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How did we, schools and parents, end up here\u2014together? We think we\u2019ve done everything!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
School says: \u201cWe passed them on every exam because they\u2019re so cute,\u201d \u201cWe waited patiently for them to catch up,\u201d \u201cWe believed they\u2019d finally study.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Parents say: \u201cThe school will fix it,\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s not ideal, but it\u2019s acceptable\u2014nothing\u2019s really wrong, even if the kid cares about nothing,\u201d \u201cAt worst, we\u2019ll delay university by a year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many parents choose Comenius so their child\u2019s education will secure a seamless generational takeover of the family business. Anyone who\u2019s built a company knows the summit of your market niche isn\u2019t handed to you\u2014you climb there with sweat and blood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So what do we want our kids to be? A sweet little raspberry syrup\u2026 or a fierce little lion cub?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Definitely the latter! But if things go towards the syrup, how do we change course?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At Comenius, every October we award the school\u2019s Raspberry Prize<\/strong>\u00a0to the graduating students who have wasted their own time and their parents\u2019 resources by doing absolutely nothing.<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The winners receive their prize on stage\u2014forced smiles, sparse applause\u2014from the entire school community of teachers and students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And then, almost overnight, they rocket into study mode, and the recipients start to improve academically!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Isn\u2019t that amazing? You can educate gently, not harshly, yet effectively!<\/p>\n\n\n\n But that\u2019s not all in our teaching toolkit! The Comenius Golden<\/strong> Award honors graduates who<\/strong> consistently excel academically, athletically, or through community service.<\/strong>\u00a0We\u2019ll introduce them and their mindsets in a future post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n DON\u2019T FIT IN THE BOX? #hanemf\u00e9rszbeleadobozba; #gyereacomeniusba<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You\u2019re not going to ask for raspberry syrup, are you?<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23796,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gimnazium_erettsegi"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
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