I always remember the things that I enjoy learning about better than I remember the things that “they” want me to learn. In fact, this insight was the basis of “free schools” such as I was peripherally involved with in the late 60s: Teachers were there to help kids do whatever project they wanted… by pointing out how they’d need to write a great grant proposal… how to calculate profit and loss… how to understand coefficient of friction for the tires of the hot-rod they were trying to build…
I always remember the things that I enjoy learning about better than I remember the things that “they” want me to learn. In fact, this insight was the basis of “free schools” such as I was peripherally involved with in the late 60s: Teachers were there to help kids do whatever project they wanted… by pointing out how they’d need to write a great grant proposal… how to calculate profit and loss… how to understand coefficient of friction for the tires of the hot-rod they were trying to build…