As a parent, you have to be good coach and bad coach, and I think in the college-application process, I didn't want to be bad coach. 'This is amazing! I'm so proud of you!' That's the role I wanted with my kids.
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It's not that our high school system was not designed well, but that it was designed in 1906 when the country was just out of the industrial era. There hasn't been a substantial systemic change the way we do high school since then.
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What this quote means
The education system remains outdated as it hasn't evolved significantly since its inception over a century ago.
This quote highlights the inadequacies of the current high school education system, which was established in a different historical context. It suggests that the educational framework is stuck in the past, failing to adapt to the modern needs and realities of society since it was created over a century ago, shortly after the industrial revolution.
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EducationHigh SchoolSystemic ChangeOutdatedLearning
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Example use cases
In a speech discussing the need for educational reform, one could use this quote to emphasize the importance of updating our teaching methods and curricula.
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