quiet-the-power-of-introverts-in-a-world-that-cant-stop-talking-susan-cain

efficient, and what else would we do
with our children while the grown-ups
are at work? If your child prefers to
work autonomously and socialize oneon-one,
there’s nothing wrong with her;
she just happens not to fit the prevailing
model. The purpose of school
should be to prepare kids for the rest of
their lives, but too often what kids need
to be prepared for is surviving the
school day itself.
The school environment can be
highly unnatural, especially from the
perspective of an introverted child who
loves to work intensely on projects he
cares about, and hang out with one or
two friends at a time. In the morning,
the door to the bus opens and discharges
its occupants in a noisy, jostling
mass. Academic classes are dominated
by group discussions in which a
teacher prods him to speak up. He eats
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