Two Types Of Teachers

There are two types of great teachers which consistently motivate student-driven education: Mentors and Classics. Mentors meet face-to-face with the student, inspiring through the transfer of knowledge, the force of personality, and individual attention. Classics were created by other great teachers to be experienced in books, art, music and other media.

Any system of education which attempts to separate the student from these teachers, classics and mentors, will be less inspiring and therefore less effective - fewer students will choose to seek an education, and those who do will be less likely to follow through.

...In this environment, 'teach me' has come to mean 'entertain me,' 'tell me what to think and I'll parrot it back to you,' or 'hand it to me on a silver platter.' But none of these are teaching - nor learning." - A Thomas Jefferson Education by Oliver Van DeMille

"The Incredible Steam Mopper"

I am currently sitting here at my computer when in comes my 5 year old son - Tage.

"Mom, do you have to mop and mop and mop and your floor never gets clean? Well, you need the Incredible Steam Mopper! It cleans every spot on your floor and you get not 2, not 3, not 4 but SIX free pads!"

I smiled to myself and said, "that sounds great buddy! Why don't you turn the channel and watch something else now?" He said, "But I have to learn lots of stuff!"

I just know he is going to be super successful in life.