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schools were not concerned with curiosity. They were concerned with compliance. I loved a few of my teachers. But I cannot say that I truly believed any of them. Some years after I’d left school, after I’d dropped out of college, I heard a
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“God made the world for the delight of human beings-- if we could see His goodness everywhere, His concern for us, His awareness of our needs: the phone call we've waited for, the ride we are offered, the letter in the mail, just the little things He does for us throughout the day. As we remember and notice His love for us, we just begin to fall in love with Him because He is so busy with us -- you just can't resist Him. I believe there's no such thing as luck in life, it's God's love, it's His.”
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“The best way to predict the future is to invent it. — Alan Kay”
― Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom
― Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom
“Too many times within the constraints of school students are taught that there is only one correct answer, or perhaps that there isn’t enough time to really explore many other possibilities. It is crucial to learning to have space for invention and innovation.”
― Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom
― Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom
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