Curriculum

"Anything and everything that teaches a lesson, planned or otherwise."

"American culture is hard to pin down because it is layered and highly eclectic."

http://www.newhorizons.org/neuro/neu_review_bransford.htm

Curriculum is one of those words that represents so much more than you think. Curriculum comes from and is affected by many different entities. I believe that children learn something from every situation and encounter. The lesson could be as simple as returning a smile, or as big as being influenced by mass media. The word curriculum is as layered as a sedimentary rock with each layer having characteristics which reflect changing environments of deposition.