One of the issues with no. 17 on the list is that schools and employers do not seem to recognize informal learning. If we say we value it, then schools and employers will need to recognize its use toward a degree, prof-ed, salary increas, etc.

About no. 19: Most kids start school not being afraid of failure (in an academic sense). Soon however, they learn that schools frown upon failure through their use of grades. Students, at all levels, are penalized for “coloring outside the lines”–which seems to be the place where inventiveness, joy and learning are often found.

Be well.