We have found that the most successful teachers in low-income communities operate like successful leaders. They establish a vision of where their students will be performing at the end of the year that many believe to be unrealistic.
Wendy KoppRead
If someone has children, the first thing they want is for them to be happy, and then become someone in life and all that. But the educational system, I mean always, not just now, creates competitive, successful people, and does not educate them to be happy. The problem is that success gives money, not happiness. The eternal problem.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes that the educational system prioritizes success over true happiness for children.
Jorge Bucay highlights a significant issue within the educational system, which often fosters competition and success based on external measures such as wealth, rather than nurturing genuine happiness in children. He points out that while parents desire their children to be content and fulfilled, the way education is structured does not align with this goal, leading to a disconnection between success and personal happiness, hence presenting an 'eternal problem' in societal values.
Themes
HappinessSuccessEducationChildrenProblem
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be shared in an educational seminar to discuss the balance between success and happiness in the curriculum.
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