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Chapter One: RETHINK SCHOOL

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Chapter 1  RETHINK SCHOOL If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow.                                                                                                                    John Dewey   At every crossway on the road that leads to the future, each progressive spirit is opposed by a thousand men appointed to guard… Continue reading

PART 1: Introduction: RETHINK EVERYTHING – Citizens of the 21st Century

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PART 1  RETHINK EVERYTHING: Ask ‘WHY?’   The brain likes to nibble; it does not like paradigm shifts.                                        Eric Jensen   Whenever something brand new comes along – something that isn’t just a “new and improved” version of what we are familiar with – our first impulse is to reject it.  That is probably… Continue reading

EXCUSES

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A surprising sentence came out of my mouth at a workshop last week.  The leader repeated it, then turned around, flipped to a new sheet on his chart rack and wrote my sentence, phrase by phrase, each one in a different color:   Letting go of my excuses means I’m free to be who I… Continue reading