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The Joy of Learning
What makes learning so pleasurable?
Sometimes I get a jolt of self-recognition when someone pokes fun at the number of degrees I’m pursuing or, more politely, characterizes me as a “lifelong learner” that I realize I might be hooked onto something—learning.
But what is it, exactly, and why does it make us feel so good?
The Idea of an Education
I always knew I had something to offer my students. What I didn’t always know was what.
What goes without saying is that there are several things going desperately wrong with the way we are educating our children in this country. With the rampant growth of technological information and data processing, what are we losing?