The author reflects on her journey as a parent and traveler, emphasizing the invaluable lessons her children learn through global exploration. Despite initial concerns about taking them out of school, she highlights the practical knowledge gained in various cultures, as well as insights into significant historical events. She argues that some lessons, such as understanding the climate crisis by witnessing environmental changes, can only be grasped through direct experience. Her perspective suggests that travel can complement, rather than detract from, a child's formal education.
For example, although my kids learned about the Holocaust in school, visiting museums and gas chambers in Auschwitz elevated their understanding of it and taught them even more about the horrific genocide.
In my opinion, teaching them how to convert Moroccan dirhams into dollars was a better math lesson than sitting in class solving equations that they struggled to relate to the real world.
There are some lessons that I don't think can be learned in a book - they need to be experienced to be fully understood.
Seeing how life adapts and thrives in the desert in Dubai taught them more about evolution than any textbook.
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