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Tag Archives: rote learning
a little more tiger in our lives?
Amy Chua has been stirring up controversy and conversation with her book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. In addition, she’s been making the rounds on various talk shows and recently landed the cover story of Time, “Tiger Moms: Is … Continue reading
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Tagged amy chua, parenting, rote learning, teachers' roles, teaching
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untouchable, entitlement, basics
I have been obsessing over Thomas L. Friendman’s book The World is Flat recently. I’m a bit late on the train. The latest edition was published in 2005 and all the hoopla surrounding it, both positive and negative, has more-or-less … Continue reading
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Tagged basics, bill gates, education thoughts, empowerment, entitlement, fail, flat, friedman, future, learning, rote learning, untouchable
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