From an interview with Rafe Esquith, author of Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire in the current issue of Teacher Magazine:
I think the absolute key is that learning, the education of a child, is a long process, and we are now in the middle of a fast food society. We want instant everything. We even have books now like Algebra Made Easy and Shakespeare Made Easy. But I want teachers and parents to remember that it’s not easy! To be good at anything—anything!—takes thousands and thousands of hours of patient study . . .
Read the rest here.
(I've been skeptical about Esquith because I think teaching Shakespeare to fourth graders--for which he is famous-- tends to be more about the teacher than about the kids, but after reading this piece I may have to change my mind about him.)
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