Bill Gates on Common Core, College and Students Today

In March 2014, I saw a lecture by Bill Gates where he presented his views on the state of education in the United States. Some insights here:-

What Students can learn from Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares?

Yesterday night, while having dinner I was flipping through channels on the television. Suddenly I stopped. This is what I heard!

“You are the worst general manager I have ever seen. You are such a fake.” Gordon Ramsay to the general manager of a restaurant in New York.

Students. Gordon Ramsay. Why are you writing this post. How are they related?

Review - Things a Little Bird Told Me and What Twitter and Biz Stone Taught me?

I picked up a book in the business section at the Crossword Bookstore in Oberoi Mall, Goregaon. The book was called, 'Things a Little Bird Told Me: Confessions of the Creative Mind.

There were 5 beautiful lessons I learned from this book. 

What Students want from their Parents?

If you tell a fish to fly, what will happen? The fish will not be able to do so very well. Even if it somehow manages to do so, it will only manage to do so half heartedly and nothing more. 

How Students Learn?

Little children learn through observation. A little child told me this. It was such an interesting observation.

Why Children Play?

“Play is the highest form of research.” – Albert Einstein 

Dr Peter Gray is a psychologist and author based out of Boston, USA. He described the importance of play in this wonderful video lecture of his online.

It made me curious. Was play important to me growing up? How important was it? Why did I want to play?

Let us Cheat the Education System

Thoughts in the Mind of a young student about learning (not education but learning) in school after the 2^nd grade

 
Please let me learn. Please let me explore the world