Beyond the Rhetoric

There are a lot of things that we learned as we made our way through high school. We went to geography class, where we learned about tectonic plates and how Mt. Everest came to be. We went to chemistry class and learned about the periodic table of the elements. We went to cooking class and [...]

“What these things have in common is that kids will take a chance. If they don’t know, they’ll have a go. Am I right? They’re not frightened of being wrong. Now, I don’t mean to say that being wrong is the same thing as being creative. What we do know is, if you’re not prepared [...]

“A little learning is a dangerous thing but a lot of ignorance is just as bad.” They say that a little bit of knowledge is a very dangerous thing. I remember when I was going through school as a psychology student, I found myself suffering from the psychology equivalent of medical student syndrome. I was [...]

And so, we somehow find ourselves at the end of summer and the kids have started going back to school. Time sure flies. In any case, it’s Wednesday, so let’s get down to the weekly speedlink to see what else is going on around the blogosphere. We start off with Stephen Fung. After neglecting his [...]

You may remember my post a while back about the problems people face when they go to school without an actual plan in place for work afterwards. The main idea I wanted to stress was the importance of personal planning. So let’s assume you’ve gone to the mountain top to contemplate life, and your vision [...]