Sunday, May 21, 2006

The Real Goals of Education
Dennis Littky/The Big Picture

*Be lifelong learners
*Be passionate
*Be ready to take risks
*Be able to problem solve and think critically
*Be able to look at things differently
*Be able to work independently and with others
*Be creative
*Care and want to give back to their community
*Persevere
*Have integrity and self-respect
*Have moral courage
*Be able to use the world around them well
*Speak well, write well, read well, and work well with numbers
*AND TRULY ENJOY THEIR LIFE AND WORK

“What we want to see is the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.” —George Bernard Shaw

“We have plenty of people who can teach what they know, but very few who can teach their own capacity to learn.” —Joseph Hart, educator

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