[Eng./Esp.] The right to process the world differently. || El derecho a procesar el mundo de otra manera.

By amigoponc on Skatehive

Si eres de habla hispana, la versión en español es mejor para ti; debes hacer clic 👉 AQUÍ ** For years, the world seemed to shrink to the relentless ticking of a wall clock in a classroom of enforced silence. There, intelligence was measured by the ability to walk in a straight line, to fit one’s thoughts into a mould of multiple-choice answers, and to ignore the hum of the fluorescent lights which, for some of us, screamed louder than the teacher. I lived through it; I’m from the old school. We were taught that being intelligent was a sprint on a smooth track, and that any detour, any pause to observe the geometry of a spider’s web in the corner of the desk, was a sign of having lost one’s way. We were judged by a narrow arithmetic, one that didn’t know what to make of those who didn’t calculate the world, but felt it vibrating at their fingertips. The right to process the world differently But the mind, in its silent rebellion, is a vast territory that knows no pedagogical boundarie