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[...] academics have allowed standards to be determined by quality assurance agencies, marking rubrics, competencies, and graduate outcomes. The fixation on speed and ease is now revealing long-term consequences.
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― Trump Studies: An Intellectual Guide to Why Citizens Vote Against Their Interests
― Trump Studies: An Intellectual Guide to Why Citizens Vote Against Their Interests
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Schooling that children are forced to endure—in which the subject matter is imposed by others and the “learning” is motivated by extrinsic rewards and punishments rather than by the children’s true interests—turns learning from a joyful activity into a chore, to be avoided whenever possible. Coercive schooling, which tragically is the norm in our society, suppresses curiosity and overrides children’s natural ways of learning. It also promotes anxiety, depression and feelings of helplessness that
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