Jun
17
Why Do Hard Things?
June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment
This is a different kind of book – a non-fiction piece that encourages teens not to treat adolescence as a vacation from responsibility but to rebel against the low expectations set upon them by society.
Do Hard Things was written by 19-year old twins Alex and Brett Harris, and is Amazon.com’s top-selling youth ministry title.
Say the authors, ” Most people [...]
Jun
16
What do you believe?
June 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment
“There are neither ignoramuses nor perfect sages; there are only men who are attempting, together to learn more than they now know.” – Paulo Freire
The starting point of any educational process lies with the philosophy held by the educator. Perhaps there is no more important aspect to the teacher-learner relationship, because the working philosophy of the teacher [...]