Posts tagged knowledge
Hey Kids, We’re On A Road To Nowhere!
Do you remember the day you finished school? (Or maybe you’re still looking forward to it…) That feeling to finally venture out into the Big Wide World full of adventures and achievements. That sweet promise of freedom! The looming sense of responsibilities… India Trips And The Not-So-Hip Cubicle Nation My grandparents’ generation went straight from school…
Nailing the Coffin on “Internet Addiction”
We all have heard it before that someone is “addicted to the Internet” and secretly fear that we might be in danger of turning into online junkies, ourselves. It’s what our parents had warned us from. Only now it’s not the television. It’s bigger, better, brighter, more addictive: The Internet! But according to a study…
We’re not lacking any Information
The amount of information we consume everyday is more than one person in the past had access to in his or her whole lifetime. Books used to be copied by hand in monasteries. They were treasured possessions. Not everyone could read. So if you actually knew facts about different countries, history or religions it was…
Teaching is Like Jazz
… a good friend once told me. (I just remembered this when I read Seth Godin’s blog) What he meant was that as a teacher – to him – it’s all about improvising. It is not about dealing out “knowledge” from the balcony of the Wise Aristocrats. It’s a huge misunderstanding! (Which is commonly practiced.)…