I loved your thoughts on your Quaker teachers. Tom Nichols wrote a beautiful piece in his Peacefield newsletter about a teacher who inspired, motivated and provided him a safe place to grow. And when I look back on my education, it's the teachers who inspired me and remain a part of my heart - Mrs. Hax who loved books and cried at sad en…
I loved your thoughts on your Quaker teachers. Tom Nichols wrote a beautiful piece in his Peacefield newsletter about a teacher who inspired, motivated and provided him a safe place to grow. And when I look back on my education, it's the teachers who inspired me and remain a part of my heart - Mrs. Hax who loved books and cried at sad endings. Mr. Groll who made basic math exciting long before calculators. And Mr. Panell who rather than giving me an F for refusing to disect a frog, asked me to do it as a favor to him which I did. Years later I still smile when I think of them.
My theory of education is that the most important stuff comes very early. If your early teachers make you enjoy learning and find the world around you interesting, then as you get older, you'll basically educate yourself.
No offense to my Algebra II teacher in high school, for instance, but I could have sat with the textbook and taught myself everything he did. But only because my early teachers cultivated those inclinations in me.
I loved your thoughts on your Quaker teachers. Tom Nichols wrote a beautiful piece in his Peacefield newsletter about a teacher who inspired, motivated and provided him a safe place to grow. And when I look back on my education, it's the teachers who inspired me and remain a part of my heart - Mrs. Hax who loved books and cried at sad endings. Mr. Groll who made basic math exciting long before calculators. And Mr. Panell who rather than giving me an F for refusing to disect a frog, asked me to do it as a favor to him which I did. Years later I still smile when I think of them.
My theory of education is that the most important stuff comes very early. If your early teachers make you enjoy learning and find the world around you interesting, then as you get older, you'll basically educate yourself.
No offense to my Algebra II teacher in high school, for instance, but I could have sat with the textbook and taught myself everything he did. But only because my early teachers cultivated those inclinations in me.