Genuine Learning

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“All genuine learning is active, not passive. It involves the use of the mind, not just the memory. It is a process of discovery, in which the student is the main agent, not the teacher.”

Mortimer Adler

After a talk I had recently given, a young woman approached and asked me to give another. She introduced herself as Miss Flowers and told me she was a fourth-grade teacher and asked if I would give her class a career talk on the life of an author.

“Sure,” I said, “if you’re sure.”

“Sure I’m sure,” she said brightly. “What could go wrong?”