Yan, I love the image you chose to go with this post! And I agree that a critical aspect may be missing from education so closely centered on testing. At the same time, I have a friend who, like you, said that she also benefitted from the many tests she took in grade school. She also claims they made her a better test taker.

Patrick—first, I love your header photo. Second, I agree that some fundamentals need to be covered in class for students to at least have some scaffolding to build from. It seems like you have found a way of centering some of these fundemanteals, and then letting the more creative inquiry revolve around them. Maybe that’s a good balance to focus on the quality of what we teach.

I liked your post, Matt. It seems like profit is central to the university model as well—leading to things like increasing beaucratization of higher learning through assessments and the need to meet certain objective, codified criteria, rather than focus on the quality and substance of your work. Thanks for the post!