education

Education doesn’t make you happy. Nor does freedom. We don’t become happy just because we’re free – if we are. Or because we’ve been educated – if we have. But because education may be the means by which we realize we are happy. It opens our eyes, our ears, tells us where delights are lurking, …

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Competition increases performance, but collaboration increases learning.

However, in schooling—especially when a student is first learning a skill—successes, rather than failures, build character and esteem. Competitive approaches kill the drive for learning if the student rarely finds himself in the winner’s circle. Competition leads to sorting which, to a very young person, often fosters feelings of disappointment, which diminish the innate desires …

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Bill Gates’ 11 Rules of Life

Bill Gates’ 11 Rules of Life Rule 1: Life is not fair — get used to it! Rule 2: The world won’t care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself. Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You …

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