lessons in humility, grace and love, cannot be taught.
Maybe they can't be taught, but they can be learned. I think that the conditions needed to learn them can be built.
I am not a fan of learning by memory - it isn't flexible and can rarely be applied by most people in the right way, at the right time.
And this is one of my favorite sets of her. It is from a few years ago obviously, but she had a ball playing!
The conditions to learn those things exist just going through life. But I agree that schools are the one place in life where those lessons are squelched. Obey the teachers no matter how wrong they are. Don't get openly angry at any classmate, no matter what horrible thing they have said to you. If you're not reading as well as the kid next to you, you are a failure. Squelch yourself at all costs. It's awful - I hate schooling now. It is nothing more than a great dumbing down in the US. Many students seem to thrive in schools, but those who don't are often gravely harmed psychologically, emotionally, and socially.
You have such a great eye!!! And smallsteps is a great subject for photos.