The real world puts great value in hiring the best person for an organization’s needs. Each industry is unique. They all have specific training that is needed for their employees to be successful, and they look for a certain skillset required for the job. However, within EVERY industry there is a common mindset that is […]
Education
It’s Time for Education to Engage in Competition
As teachers, we are in a very competitive battle for a child’s attention. Outside of our walls, kids are immersed in engagement at the highest levels. Phones have addicting games and apps that completely hijack a kid’s attention. Video games are designed to occupy kids for hours, if not days. Movies are produced at a […]
THE LOST ART OF HUMAN CONNECTION
Over the past 18 years of my teaching career, I have noticed a number of changes in children. Many of those changes have been extraordinarily positive. Kids are accomplishing more today at a higher rate than what was previously deemed possible. The digital world has changed education, but it has also changed kids. While they […]
CAN EDUCATION TRIGGER A CATALYST MOVEMENT
A Vicious Cycle Sometimes I feel like we are surrounded by a surplus of people pounding on their chests and complaining about all the things that are wrong in the world. They seem to be stuck in a vicious cycle. They find a problem – it can range from a small problem at their job, […]
HOW EDUCATION CAN HELP THE COMMUNICATION CRISIS
Baseline: Youth Communication Has Drastically Changed You can blame it on technology if you want. You can blame it on parenting if you want. You can blame it on schools if you want. I guess it really doesn’t matter who we blame it on. The fact is, the quality of Communication among our […]
THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN THE SHIFT TO CONFIDENCE
Let me set the scene: You are sitting in a large gathering with about a hundred other people. Some of the people in the crowd you know very well, but most of them are strangers. Now imagine an energetic speaker gets up in front and starts a chant and he wants you to chant along. […]