"I've been in countless discussions with teachers about what, at bottom, makes students thrive or flounder. I've never heard a teacher answer these questions with anything besides 'parents' or 'families.' Yet our public policy discussions try to treat students in isolation -- and tend to pretend that the key factor is whether they have the most up-to-date technology in their classroom, or whether teachers are instructed in the latest pedagogical methods. These simply aren't the core missing variables."
- Ben Sasse
The dangers of slow driving Some neuroscientific research suggests that dull tasks slow the brain. And if monotony increases the brain's susceptibility to making errors, then boring jobs and slow speed limits could be putting people in jeopardy.