Stop Stealing Dreams
The economy has changed, probably forever. School hasn’t.
Everyone asks “What do you think we ought to do about education
?” Seth Godin responds by asking “What is school for?”
I regard Seth Godin as one of the most passionate and brilliant thinkers of our time. His manifesto ‘Stop Stealing Dreams‘ is dedicated to every teacher who cares enough to change the system, and to every student brave enough to stand up and speak up.
I urge you to click the link below, download his manifesto, and start thinking about what is possible.
CLICK HERE to download the ‘Stop Stealing Dreams’ pdf
As Seth says.. “…Ultimately, our future belongs to a generation that decides to be passionate about learning and shipping (ie creating and producing), and great teachers are the foundation for that…”
And when you’re done, come back here and add a comment, share your ideas….
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Comments
6 Comments on Stop Stealing Dreams
- John M Sanders on Tue, 28th Feb 2012 1:04 pm
I agree Mark, I am following Seth on Twitter.
- Gary Jackson on Tue, 28th Feb 2012 1:13 pm
Perhaps the school system is busy teaching kids to spell.
- Ian Fuhrmeister on Tue, 28th Feb 2012 2:59 pm
Hi Mark; makes for some thought provoking reflection. That HVA school in Harlem sounds well worth a visit. I have to do some teaching in OH&S soon to Cert 3/4 Educational Support students and it will be valuable insights if I can read some more. A comment he made about what is a teacher and if it is just transferring information then maybe they should give up?! Item 44!! Thanks for the link Cheers Ian Fuhrmeister (Student Services Advance TAFE)
- Mark Collard on Tue, 28th Feb 2012 3:10 pm
I agree Ian, a teacher is more than a agent for transferring information – we can rely on Google for that now. A powerful educational paradigm is all about inspiring students (no matter what age) to discover more about themselves, others and the world….
- Simone Garrett on Tue, 28th Feb 2012 10:52 pm
Bit scary Mark. Paul and I watched some of his utube stuff and it made us want to pull our daughter out of school. What would you do?? So far we have taken our kids to a couple of different countries and intend on doing this more in the near future but still have our 7 year old daughter in the current education system. However, when returning home, always seems to have an hours worth of homework anyway!!
I’m sure we are doing something wrong but trying to correct it in our own minds but perhaps with old methods. I think we may need new tactics to teach our kids in a more fun and unique way, like in your seminars or workshops. The whole homework thing feels really boring, we need to change it somehow!! and I dont mean via computers!!
- Mark Collard on Wed, 29th Feb 2012 8:23 am
I can hear your concern Simone. Just remember, school is just one element (albeit a big one) of your children’s education. What you do to inspire them to be active learners will also make a difference…
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