Daniel Greenberg
Daniel Greenberg
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We've been doing this here since 1968, so we have been identified as an example of a free, democratic school, and many professors want to expose their students to our philosophy.
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The scientific community having made a rapid ascent from deep poverty to great affluence, from academe's cloisters to Washington's high councils, still tends to be a bit excitable - not unlike a nouveau riche in a fluctuating market.
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I would deliver lectures that got standing ovations, but later, in the tests and essays, it was clear to me that the students just didn't get it.
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Don't ask the barber whether you need a haircut
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It should be done with the same degree of alacrity and nonchalance that you would display in authorizing a highly intelligent trained bear to remove your appendix.
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Our students get a good education here, and those who are highly motivated to go to college get accepted without the letters of recommendation.
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Storing your car in New York is safer than entering it in a demolition derby. But not much.
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Quite a few, actually, are involved in education. They have had the same experience Hanna and I had: when they started having their own kids, they didn't want them to have a poor educational experience; they wanted them to enjoy school.
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I'll tell you what the real problem is: These people are working under the assumption that they know better about what is good for kids, what kids need to learn to get ahead in this world.
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I think people with open minds will observe the way we do things and realize that our goal is to have successful, happy, productive adults, and they will take our ideas and implement them elsewhere for their own children.
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But, neither of these educational scenarios worked for us, so when we started a family, we wanted a different school for our children. And the other founders felt the same way.
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Technology will eventually destroy the way schools are run now.
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You can't make someone learn something - you really can't teach someone something - they have to want to learn it. And if they want to learn, they will.
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So, I see technology as a Trojan Horse: It looks like a wonderful thing, but they are going to regret introducing it into the schools because it simply can't be controlled.