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"comes from the time when school was in a monastery and the monks thought fidgeting was devil's work" Did you just make that up or is there evidence that this
by decode 18y ago
"comes from the time when school was in a monastery and the monks thought fidgeting was devil's work"
Did you just make that up or is there evidence that this is actually the case?
Personally, I would have a hard time paying attention in meetings and lectures if most of the people in the room were constantly getting up, sitting down, playing with stuff, answering their phones, etc. Do you think maybe we ask kids to sit quietly because it's distracting for everyone else when they don't?
- biohacker42 18y agoThe many school traditions go back to middle age European monasteries part is true, the fidgeting part... poetic license. And it is true that some task require quiet. Math is one of those tasks. But I as an adult have no need to fidget all that much. And if I remember correctly, what you learn in the early grades doesn't need that much sensory isolation, I image things quiet down during exams. So I think the degree of stillness can be slowly increased until you're expected to sit completely still in college.