“If you don’t turn in your homework, you will fail this class.” “If you don’t pass this test, you will fail and be held back.” “If you don’t go to school, you won’t get a good job.” Early on we are taught that failure is not an option. Failure means that you are unintelligent, weak, […]
Should I go to college? It’s an important question. One that is asked of you when you start high school. Because that’s the goal of high school, to get you good enough grades and to score high enough on all you AP and SAT tests so that you can get into a prestigious college. The […]
We have an education problem. Yes, funding is being cut and teachers are being laid off. But that is not the heart of the issue. Since the inception of public school, education has been about producing workers. This is an industrial model. It is an outdated model. We are creating these workers for jobs that […]
