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A Few Wonderful Things to Learn

This cute animated video by Paul Postma reminds us of some things we should learn, remember, and integrate into our daily thinking, like:

  • Making mistakes is the best way to learn.
  • The more you look, the more you understand.
  • Simple things are often cleverly made.
  • Don’t forget to dream.


things to learn.

TED Talks: Sir Ken Robinson vs. Adora Svitak

Sir Ken Robinson speaks at TED and makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity over rote education:

“Academic ability has come to dominate our view of intelligence. …and the consequence is that many highly talented, brilliant, creative people think they’re not because the thing they were good at at school wasn’t valued or was actually stigmatized. And I think we can’t afford to go on that way.”


…and Adora Svitak talks about abolishing “childish” as an age-discriminatory word that is used to describe irrational thinking:

“Adults seem to have a prevalently restrictive attitude towards kids. … Adults often underestimate kids’ abilities. …But there’s a problem with this rosy picture of kids being so much better than adults – kids grow up and become adults just like you. Or, just like you, really? The goal is not to turn kids into your kind of adult, but, rather, better adults than you have been. … No matter your position or place in life, it is imperative to create opportunities for children so that we can grow up to blow you away. Adults and fellow TEDsters, you need to listen and learn from kids and trust us and expect more from us.”

America Has Lost One of Its Greatest Voices: Dr. Howard Zinn (1922 – 2010)

I wanted students to leave my classes not just better informed, but more prepared to relinquish the safety of silence, more prepared to speak up, to act against injustice wherever they saw it. This, of course, was a recipe for trouble.

- Howard Zinn

A true leader and inspiration for those who believe strongly enough in democracy to fight for it, Dr. Howard Zinn passed away today at the age of 87. Dr. Zinn wanted to be remembered for introducing a new way of thinking and “getting more people to realize that the power ultimately rests in people themselves and that they can use it.”

Howard Zinn not only taught people history, he showed them how to shape it. He walked the talk. May he now rest in peace.

Click these links to see Dr. Zinn’s project The People Speak (history) and celebrities participating in The People Speak.

Click here for Howard Zinn’s Democracy Now podcast list.

Click here for more video & audio links for Howard Zinn.

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