TweetIn order to efficiently jam as much testable data into a generation of kids, we push to make those children compliant, competitive zombies. Every teacher, every student, every administrator, and every parent should read this manifesto. Seth Godin’s Stop Stealing Dreams is free and quick to consume. You really have no excuse. I’m tired of [...]
Mar 31, 2012 | By: Ryan Stephens | 1 Comment
Tweet I’ve been waxing poetic on all the ways American education fails for over a year now. Not only do I find it disheartening that we still insist on the status quo of churning out compliant factory workers, but I’m empathetic to the plight of my peers who fell for the promise of higher education’s [...]
Mar 13, 2012 | By: Ryan Stephens | No Comments
TweetThose of you that have been reading this blog for any length of time know my disdain for the current state of education in the U.S. I subscribe to Peter Thiel’s notion that hyper-inflated prices, investments by ignorant consumers funded largely by debt, and widespread faith in increasing returns will invariably ensure that higher education [...]
Feb 16, 2012 | By: Ryan Stephens | 5 Comments