Teachers and schools are always talking about how they want to prepare their students to be leaders. They want students to be able to make the world a better place. These are noble goals. But, there’s a problem. Most schools value compliance. Bells move us from room to room. Grades are given for behaving appropriately. Classroom management is all about students being compliant and giving the teacher what they want. Most students figure out quickly that school is about jumping through the right hoops at the right time. All of this is perfectly reasonable.
I think Shaw is correct, though. Reasonable people are not going to push us forward to make progress. We need students to learn to be unreasonable. Don’t misunderstand me. I am not advocating chaos and anarchy. Look at the quote again. “The unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.” Students still have to work with the world to make an impact. As educators, we must quit demanding compliance in all things in the classroom. We need to teach students how be unreasonable. We need to teach them how to support their position. Then students will be prepared to create the change that will make the world a better place.
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