The Argument for Tough Love- Keenan Orr

The involvement of children in their own education is vital in the learning process. The Freedom of Self Inquiry represents the application of the varied abilities residing within a classroom. These varied abilities are indicative of varied socio-economic factors as...
The Jersey Shore Kevin Ryan

The Jersey Shore Kevin Ryan

When exploring how we learn in American schools, it is important to recognize the foundation of our education system. It starts with elementary school, where students go to socialize more rather than study for long nights. Fast forward to middle school and high...
Learning Through Engagement

Learning Through Engagement

EL’s principles one and two, ‘The Primacy of Self Discovery’ and ‘The Having of Wonderful Ideas’ respectively, are two ideas that were central to a specific class in my high school career. ‘The Primacy of Self Discover’ is the...
Freedom of Self: We Love to Read

Freedom of Self: We Love to Read

The moment I learned to read happened on a bus– asking innocently what a girl was reading on her phone will do that to you. Then comes the hours and hours of discovering reading is not what I had previously hated…it was more reading dull topics in school...
Learning and Changing

Learning and Changing

A moment that changed me as a learner was a time when I was playing tennis with some friends. They were beating me again and again and it taught me that I would have to work harder in order to beat them. I began working towards practicing a certain technique that...
How Do I Relate?

How Do I Relate?

A passage from Boss’s “Build the Culture” that I think will raise challenges is creating shared norms. Boss writes, ” The goal of creating shared norms is to promote a classroom culture that values what each person brings while establishing...