We’ve all been put into situations where we need to take control of a situation early on. Otherwise, we’ll find ourselves constantly looking up at a perch of credibility and respect we’ll have to work hard to climb up to, if we can even get there at all. With that in mind, I came across [...]
Education is killing the spirit
August 14, 2011 By 4 Comments
Matt Damon, master of intrinsic motivation
August 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Thanks to Time Magazine’s Megan Gibson (@MeganGibson) I stumbled across this video of Matt Damon explaining to a reporter just how intrinsic motivation works: Atta boy, Matt. I will now watch the Bourne and Ocean’s 11 reruns on TNT without feeling guilty. I’m going to sidestep the education debate on this one, partly because [...]
Born to Learn: Cognitive Science, Learning & Education
July 20, 2011 By 4 Comments
Stumbleupon might be my favorite resource on the whole internet. Thanks to its wonderful ability to bounce you around the internet, I am exposed to all kinds of things I never would have found otherwise. If you like, you can follow my stumbling as I share the things I come across. Thanks to them, I came across [...]
Higher Ed: It’s so damn easy
July 15, 2011 By 2 Comments
A recent study of 200 colleges and universities, public and private, revealed that 77% of all college students are receiving a grade of B or better. On the heels of my last post concerning Gen Y’s attitudes in the workplace, the results of this study are causing me to wonder if there’s some credibility to [...]
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