“Teaching was my transition from student life to working life. In those days, our system of education was a little different. The number of students in each class was huge. I think in political science general, which I taught, it was around 100.” ThinkingLittlesDifferentPoliticalNumbersClassTeachingStudentsTaughtHugeTransitionPolitical ScienceWorking LifeStudent Life Author:Pranab Mukherjee
“It is important for students to get a - to be exposed to a variety of people. Just like you want football players, you want piccolo players, you want people from all over the country and different backgrounds.” PeopleWantImportantDifferentCountryPlayerStudentsFootballLike YouBackgroundsVarietyExposedFootball PlayerDifferent Backgrounds Author:Paul Gigot
“Different instructors' approaches may 'clash' with each other and result in confusion and unclear direction for the students. It's like attempting to learn how to write using both hands at the same time. How far would you go?” WritingMayDifferentHandsResultsTeachingStudentsApproachConfusionAttemptingClashInstructorsUnclear Author:Igor Babailov
“The people who run the international tests told us, "the biggest predictor of student success is choice." Nations that "attach the money to the kids" and thereby allow parents to choose between different public and private schools have higher test scores. This should be no surprise; competition makes us better.” PeopleShouldDifferentRunningKidsSchoolChoicesNationsParentStudentsHigherTestsCompetitionSurpriseInternationalScoreStudent SuccessPrivate SchoolTest Scores Author:John Stossel
“Have I ever remarked on how completely ridiculous it is to ask high school students to decide what they want to do with the rest of their lives and give them nearly no support in doing so? Support like, say, spending a day apiece watching twenty different jobs and then another week at their top three choices, with salary charts and projections and probabilities of graduating that subject given their test scores? The more so considering this is a central allocation question for the entire economy?” WantGivingDifferentSchoolJobsChoicesThreeAsksGivenSupportEconomyWeekSubjectsStudentsHigh SchoolTestsTwentiesSpendingRidiculousScoreGraduatesConsideringProbabilitySalaryProjectionDifferent JobsAllocationHigh School StudentsTest Scores Author:Eliezer Yudkowsky